News Summary

• The scam involved an invitation to appear on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
• Vilanch had to speak with her manager over Zoom, who essentially manipulated him into handing over his Facebook permissions.
• So, all this is to say that if you receive communications from NikkiGlaserManager at Gmail, it probably isn’t her.
• It might read a tad obvious that these guys were being lured into swindlings, but the ploys are indeed getting increasingly sophisticated (with special thanks to AI).