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New York: Long Island woman pleads guilty over sweepstakes mail scam where victims had to send money back; no one won; scam took in $30 million; most victims elderly
7 ½ years prison for Peruvian whose business called immigrants in the US, impersonated court officials/law enforcement, and threatened deportation; two coconspirators plead guilty
23% of those in the US say they lost money to a phone scam in the last year
Fraud text messages supposedly from State agencies. I’m in Illinois, and now get one of these almost every day, as do my neighbors. Is it just the Land of Lincoln? I’ve not seen much on this topic, but it seems to be growing incredibly fast.
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