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More n nine months on

More'n nine months on... and still I feel infuriated at myself concerning squandered funds passively, senselessly, and willingly surrendered nest egg to computer hackers (imposters, jackknifing, and liquidating) coercing me to forfeit funds, whereby yours truly (me) blindsided thru convincing telephonic dialogue witnessing unquestioned trust I unquestioningly, unerringly, and unblinkingly carried out instructions essentially cadging, depleting, and exhausting, checking and savings accounts (mine) courtesy convincing scheme yoking naïveté (mine) with FAKE conspiratorial claims Citizens Bank tellers linkedin as thieving magpies (twittering bird brain analogy hatched courtesy yours truly – me) once ridiculous ruse beak came obvious, I never ceased maligning self as half cracked egghead repeatedly replaying telephonic scenario only this time with home grown perspicacity triumphant and fraudsters, marauders, and usurpers harangued, interrogated, and jailed critiqued, maligned, and whipped courtesy just law of the land. Clear as day, I still recall the bloke who chose one alias (probably quite a few in his bag of tricks) videlicet Harvey Specter, he coaxed at least one poor sucker (the writer of these words) to fork over his life savings without yours truly batting an eye, whose gullibility now legion among the posse of scoundrels sharing the ease with which money plucked out figurative fingers (like taking candy from a child) diminishing paucity of integrity, increasing perspicacity of acuity, where wool will never be pulled over my eyes (ewe can bet my bottom dollar) against being fleeced, and now a heightened awareness a wretched costly life lesson inflicting a painful financial contusion additionally severely wrecking, pummeling, and bruising psyche suddenly woke keenly alert to the bad to the bone doggone wicked wily weasel ways of unrepentant rapscallions.

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