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Vocabulario:

Estafa - Scam.

incómodo - uncomfortable.

Engaño - Deception.

Secuestrar - To kidnap

Para recoger en cualquier lugar - To pick up (the money) in any place.

Ya se habían ido - They (the police) already left,

No caí en ese juego - I didn't fall into that game/trap.