When reading the news, it's good to remember that what you're really reading is the product of someone else's research into the story. How in depth that research is obviously impacts how the story is told. Sometimes an article can paint a picture that is vastly different from the reality.
Consider either of these:
The stories assert that Roger Davidson, musician and heir to an oil fortune, was an innocent victim bilked out of 6 to 20 million dollars in an elaborate scam that sprung from a computer virus infection on his laptop. He took the laptop to a computer repair shop, after which the owners allegedly convinced him that all sorts of fanciful plotters were out to get him. As the story goes, he in turn was defrauded out of millions of dollars in protection fees. A sad tale, no?
But then read this article and you quickly realize this wasn't really the case of a befuddled victim, but rather the case of a man who may have had way too much to hide:
According to the defendants, some of what Davidson was concealing included millions of dollars in tax evasion and what was described as "massive" amounts of pornography. Additionally, the relationship between the alleged scammers and the alleged victim doesn't appear to as clear cut as other articles portray. Instead, if the defendants' allegations are true, it appears these may have been long standing relationships between three people and it may just have been Davidson himself who acted inappropriately.
Certainly there are a great number of scams perpetuated against the elderly each year. And unfortunately there are probably some unscrupulous computer repair shops willing to capitalize on someone's computer virus misfortune. But in this particular case, taking the story at face value may lead to the entirely wrong impression. Indeed, in this particular case, one has to wonder just who the real victims are.
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