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As we come to the end of 2016, I wanted to address how a phone scammer tried to dupe a friend of mine (whose name I won’t disclose for privacy and safety reasons). Fortunately she’s tech savvy, checking with legitimate resources before handing over any money, and took an extra step by sharing her experience on Facebook.

I also wanted to expose these unscrupulous thieves attempting to cheat innocent people out of hard-gotten money beforesomeone less sophisticated falls for this ruse.

This par...