Never Saw Me Coming : How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System-and Pocketed $40 Million

'Powerfully entertaining. A true thriller of resilience and defiance' JANELLE MONÁE'Tanya Smith's story is unbelievably bold, captivating, and moving.Never Saw Me Coming is a wild ride from start to finish.She is my hero' ISSA RAEThe true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest threats to the United States banking system. Tanya Smith fancied herself a folk hero, a kind of Robin Hood, using her powers of persuasion to buck the system and help the poor and needy. It started innocently enough, with calls to celebrities' houses with her teenage twin sister.Soon, Tanya realised she could convince utility companies to amend the balances of her friends and neighbours, clearing their overdue electricity bills with a single phone call.Eventually, as she tested the limits and realized she could get past any gatekeeper, she began to understand the power of money and what it could do.Over the years, Tanya 'confiscated' some $40 million in cash and c