Dr. Ursula Levine got a call from someone claiming to be a DEA agent. She explains how scammers use fear and pressure to make people comply, and why you should always verify: ask for a badge number, check it yourself, and have someone else call back to confirm.
The biggest danger is when we are being assaulted with news of various degrees of scariness that would potentially, in this case, really undermine your entire existence. Right? So that pushes you into a zone where, or you want one, where one would be most compliant in an innocuous level. But I think that what I should have done, or what I would advise is number one, is to ask identifying information. So in this case of the DEA officer, he volunteered a badge number, which I never checked. I should have had the front office call in another line and find out about that while I'm on the phone.
