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When Cory turned on her computer and clicked on her confidential email box, she had a surprising message from Bruce Xavier Smith, Ph.D.
Subject: THREAT
Message: Recently, I received a blackmail letter. Let’s discuss a plan to bring the blackmailer to justice. Can we meet somewhere soon?
An intelligent move to demonstrate he was legitimate, Bruce Xavier Smith provided his mobile phone number and website address.
She checked his website and learned his office location was in Orange County, about an hour or two north of San Diego. She figured they could meet face to face somewhere between their respective offices, or discuss a plan over the phone to unmask the blackmailer and seek justice.
His photo and bona fides suggested he was her contemporary and legitimate. She phoned his m
