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Woman gets call from 'verified' bank number, then loses life savings to fake FBI courier
A phone call from a "verified" bank number sounded convincing enough that one young woman drained her account and handed over every dollar she had. Instead, the warning about identity theft turned out to be the scam itself, and her life savings... Read more.
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