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California
fromabc7chicago.com
11 hours ago

Retired couple speaks out after being scammed out of $845,000, losing their life savings

Impersonators used fake USPS and FBI claims to extort $845,000 from a couple via cryptocurrency and home equity loans.
California
fromabc7chicago.com
11 hours ago

Retired couple speaks out after being scammed out of $845,000, losing their life savings

Impersonators used fake USPS and FBI claims to extort $845,000 from a couple via cryptocurrency and home equity loans.
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SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Scam of elderly man goes so well, con artists strike again. But their timing is horrible

Two men pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit elder abuse after deceiving a Ventura senior into handing over $25,000 and attempting to obtain more.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Tim Dowling: Is this a scam? I'll have to ask my assistant

I am staring at my computer, mouth ajar, when my phone rings. The call is from an unknown mobile number, which I would not normally answer, but I've just emailed someone requesting an interview, with my own phone number appended to the bottom, and I'm hoping this might be them. I'm also hoping it might not be them. Hello? I say. Hello, is that Tim, yeah? a male voice says. I leave a long pause. Yeah, I say.
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US news
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
6 months ago

Bogus cops and crypto ATMs: Berkeley teacher scammed of her life savings

A 31-year-old special education teacher lost nearly $70,000 to phone scammers who impersonated police and isolated her to control her actions.
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