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You think you won't fall for a scam until you do.

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Lily Dramale. On the show today we're talking about financial scams and we're passing the mic to victims to tell

their own stories. Up first Shannon in Minnesota who asked us not to use her

last name to protect her identity. She was at work on a Tuesday last fall when she got a

call from a person claiming to be a local sheriff's deputy. He says that I was a

expert witness for a federal court case that happened the day before and I did not show up.

You know, I had a subpoena order to come as the expert witness and I was a no show, is a federal felony and he mentioned the judge

so I look up the judge sure enough that is the federal judge for that county like everything's

following suit as I'm looking it up and so I I'm like, okay, this is the county sheriff's office phone number, this is the judge, this is the deputy sheriff, this is real. They said at this point, you know, you do have these federal felonies out,

and I can get off the phone at this point

and seek legal counsel.

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