The message, from Norma Henson, claimed that she had been mugged while on vacation in London and needed $1650 wired to her. Ted decided to call Henson and his suspicion was confirmed.
Henson wasn’t in England but instead at her home in Pine Hill, NJ. It was true however, that she was the victim of a crime, though it took place in cyberspace rather than the streets of London.
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