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Wisconsin Retiree Hands Gold To A Stranger In A Fast-Food Parking Lot After Fake FBI Calls

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Wisconsin Retiree Hands Gold To A Stranger In A Fast-Food Parking Lot After Fake FBI Calls - Then It Got Worse A Wisconsin retiree lost more than $400,000 of her retirement savings over three months to scammers who posed as her investment company, the sheriff's office, the FBI, the Federal Trade Commission and, finally, the Better Business Bureau, according to an InvestigateTV report published Nov. 11. "Forty years' worth of savings, and it's gone," the Winnebago County woman, whom InvestigateTV calls Mary, told the outlet. It started with a pop-up carrying her financial company's logo, which…

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    Wisconsin Retiree Hands Gold To A Stranger In A Fast-Food Parking Lot After Fake FBI Calls - Then It Got Worse

    Wisconsin Retiree Hands Gold To A Stranger In A Fast-Food Parking Lot After Fake FBI Calls - Then It Got Worse A Wisconsin retiree lost more than $400,000 of her retirement savings over three months to scammers who posed as her investment company, the sheriff's office, the...

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