DJ Vlad's Mother on How She Got Scammed for $200K, CIA Agent Charles Finfrock Explains What Happened

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In a deeply personal VladTV conversation, DJ Vlad sits down with his 80-year-old mother, Alla Lyubovny, to detail how an FBI impersonation scam drained $200,000 from her savings. After a fake Charles Schwab pop-up warned her account and Social Security were compromised, callers posing as federal agents isolated her, gained remote computer access, and directed transfers through Bank of America. She was coached to buy gold coins in Roseville, California, from Legacy Coin and Jewelry, then hand them off in a Pleasant Grove parking lot. Former CIA officer Charles Finfrock breaks down the playbook: authority, fear, secrecy, bank workarounds, and why gold and cryptocurrency scams are surging…