<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1781911/open_sms">Tell me what's on your mind.</a>An East Tennessee woman stops a scam by people posing as a representatives of Publishers Clearing House and a Wisconsin woman must pay taxes on $200,000 she lost to a scammer. A federal law once protected such victims from taxes. The law was cut.We also tell the story of a Toronto man who encountered a scammer that left him physically broken and unable to walk.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tell me what's on your mind.An East Tennessee woman stops a scam by people posing as a representatives of Publishers Clearing House and a Wisconsin woman must pay taxes on $200,000 she lost to a scammer. A federal law once protected such victims from taxes. The law was cut.We also tell the story of a Toronto man who encountered a scammer that left him physically broken and unable to walk.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1781911/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tell me what's on your mind.</a>An East Tennessee woman stops a scam by people posing as a representatives of Publishers Clearing House and a Wisconsin woman must pay taxes on $200,000 she lost to a scammer. A federal law once protected such victims from taxes. The law was cut.We also tell the story of a Toronto man who encountered a scammer that left him physically broken and unable to walk.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

Scammers don't steal your money, they create a world where it makes perfect sense to hand your cash over to them. Three-card-monte, the longest running show on Broadway, seems easy. You're watching the tosser and you always see the queen. What you don't see is a group of shills working you into the gate where you'll lose everything you have.Sometimes a large sum of money is accidentally sent to you and the sender asks for the additional cash to be sent back. In the meantime, they empty your bank account.We'll tell you all about the scams, how they work and why people fall for them. Don't become a sucker. Listen in.

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Scammers don't steal your money, they create a world where it makes perfect sense to hand your cash over to them. Three-card-monte, the longest running show on Broadway, seems easy. You're watching the tosser and you always see the queen. What you don't see is a group of shills working you into the gate where you'll lose everything you have.Sometimes a large sum of money is accidentally sent to you and the sender asks for the additional cash to be sent back. In the meantime, they empty your bank account.We'll tell you all about the scams, how they work and why people fall for them. Don't become a sucker. Listen in.

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