[dekrg]

>Moral of the story: please don't store large amounts of cash in your checking account.

Seems to me that the true moral of the story is don't cheat on your wife.

[kzrdude]

Close reading reveals that in the story, only the robbers claim that he has a wife and no other facts point towards it.

[dekrg]

And Chase just transferred the money without any knowledge or indication of him actually having a wife?

I mean it's possible, but if it really was as easy as just getting some information and posing as a wife, then this kind of fraud would be very widespread.

[gruez]

> And Chase just transferred the money without any knowledge or indication of him actually having a wife?

Sounds like the wife excuse was only needed because the scammers were female. If the scammers were male they could have easily impersonated him directly. It's not like the bank keeps voiceprints of their customers for identification.

[papito]

Yeah, I did not have a wife.