One afternoon in December 2019, Kathleen Langer, an elderly grandmother who lives by herself in Crossville, Tennessee, got a phone call from a person who said he worked in the refund department of her computer manufacturer.
The reason for the call, he explained, was to process a refund the company owed Ms Langer for antivirus and anti-hacking protection that had been sold to her and was now being discontinued.
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