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she sounded like such a nice lady it was
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easy for him to fall for her
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but what sounded like A Beautiful
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Romance turned out to be a nightmare
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betrayal
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it was a romance scam involving an older
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man and a younger woman he met online
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the victim's son if she could think of a
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lie to tell my dad about why she needed
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money
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she told it
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lost his
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to a woman he met online
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told him she needed the money for breast
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cancer surgery then to purchase a
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vehicle still more was needed to fix up
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her home and then to pay off debts so
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she could leave her job and be with him
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he's been very conservative frugal
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and the idea that he was handed away
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money a hundred thousand dollars at a
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time
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this never occurred to anyone
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con artist
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important takeaway from this story it's
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not only important to keep tabs on what
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your children are doing online but your
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parents as well
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if you are a caregiver monitor the
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finances of the person you are caring
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for more information on scams visit
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uspis.gov