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Podcast on relationship scams e.g. with house sale

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ravenmum · 07/02/2022 09:36

"The scammers getting rich on lockdown loneliness"
Episode of "Today in Focus", a Guardian newspaper podcast
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/feb/07/the-scammers-getting-rich-on-lockdown-loneliness

Just listened to this podcast and one of the stories (Carol) reminded me of someone who's posted on here a few times.

But generally interesting, especially as the scammers they describe sound particularly convincing.

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lastqueenofscotland · 07/02/2022 09:44

I listened to that on the way to work this morning and usually I think who the fuck gives money to people they haven’t met. But this was terrifying- they lived together!!

ravenmum · 07/02/2022 09:58

That's right! Usually these news articles make the victims sound stupid, so you feel like it wouldn't happen to you, but this one was a bit different. The first guy also came across as really sensible and careful.

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