“Miss Gatti, are you traveling?” was the phrase that began one of the most stressful financial sagas of my life. Because as I'd come to learn, I’d become the victim of an elaborate “middleman” scam. Here's the play-by-play of what went down, and what I learned along the way. This week’s episode is a fun jolt of schadenfreude at my expense, so listen if you’d like to laugh while you learn.

Transcripts, resources, show credits, and more can be found at https://moneywithkatie.com/identity-theft-scam.

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