Especially if they're urging you not to tell *anyone* for fear of some wider disclosure. A lawyer's obligation is to keep everything confidential, with the narrowest of exceptions. That can only help in situations like this, and anybody who says it can't or won't is up to no good.
This is about the piece in the Cut by the woman who got scammed, but it's also about practically every case you'll ever hear about that involved someone confessing to a crime they had nothing to do with.
If someone tells you not to call a lawyer, you should probably immediately call a lawyer.
*offer especially good in jurisdictions where the prof'l conduct rules mirror Model Rule 1.6. Elsewhere the duty of confidentiality might not be *as* broad, but it ought to be well broad enough to help you deal with the separate-you-from-your-money crowd.
