A poor woman lost her life because she and her would-be killer were tricked by a nefarious third party – and we spoke to some experts who say… this isn’t going to stop.
Tech-savvy Lance Ulanoff — who covered this field as an editor at TechRadar — came on “TMZ Live” on Wednesday to discuss the deadly shooting of Loletha Hallway …who was shot to death late last month in Ohio after turning 81 William Brock mistook her for someone trying to get a ransom from him.
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Lance tells us this is an extreme case of this type of story – which he says happens all the time, but usually doesn’t reach this level of violence and tragedy.
Unfortunately, here it happened, and he says it’s a cautionary tale about the dangers of these dangerous actors.
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He explains the basics of what these scammers do and how they hook people… and most importantly, Lance provides the telltale signs that you might be talking to a fraud on the other end – and how to avoid disaster, no matter the whatever. telling you, as scary as it may seem.
Lance says these bad people’s main goal is usually just money – but of course it can transcend that and fall to their death, as happened in this case.
He stated… “Their goal is to get money and it’s usually a coordinated effort. However, this is what you need to understand… they are starting with all this information they have about you because we have been sharing this information about our personal lives on social media for almost 20 years. ”
By the way, what Lance is telling us here has been doubly confirmed by Ashton Bingham It is Kulik Art – each of whom make up Trilogy Media… with much of their work dedicated to catching these scammers and exposing them in an on-camera environment.
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Ashton and Art also say their hearts go out to Loletha and her family – as this is clearly the worst case scenario for a robbery like this… which they also say is all too common.
As for whether or not they assume that the scammer(s) can be brought to justice… they are not optimistic. Unfortunately, they say many of these scammers are often overseas and difficult to identify.