Telephone scam artist picked the wrong target ? former FBI and CIA director William Webster
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Summary
He said that he was the head of the Mega Millions lottery and that Webster was the winner of $15.5 million and a 2014 Mercedes Benz, according to court documents.Little did Thomas know that he was targeting the man who had served as director of the FBI and then the CIA under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan."It seemed to me that something wasn't quite right," Webster, 94, said in an interview Tuesday with "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt." "This was pretty obvious to me that there was something fishy about it."Thomas told Webster and his wife, Lynda, that they must pay him $50,000 to cover the taxes on the prize, authorities said.The Websters notified the FBI, and the agency recorded follow-up calls the couple had with Thomas.Thomas later told the Websters that they had actually won a $72 million package.
As said here by Pete Williams, David K. Li