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🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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In part 2, after a scammer she meets playing Words With Friends steals most of her family’s savings, Kathy is so distraught that she attempts to take her own life. She survives thanks to the quick actions of her husband and police, and with the support of her family and professional help, Kathy starts on the road to recovery. The emotional wounds of scams are deep, but Kathy is healing by sharing her story. She hopes that others who might be feeling the way that she did know that there is life and even joy after a scam — Kathy and her husband recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
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0:00.0 | This week on the perfect scam. |
0:03.0 | They took me in an ambulance to a trauma center in Trenton, |
0:09.0 | and I was in intensive care for four days, |
0:12.0 | and I couldn't even look at my family I cried and cried I |
0:15.6 | would cover him up my face I was so embarrassed |
0:28.0 | Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. Today is part two of our series on Kathy Book, who was victimized by someone she met playing words with friends. |
0:35.7 | The criminal or criminals manipulated her into sending a large portion of her family's life savings. |
0:42.4 | She was so distraught that she attempted to take her own life. |
0:47.0 | She survived thanks to quick work by her husband and local police. |
0:52.2 | A suicide expert tells us that financial distress is one warning sign |
0:56.4 | for people at risk of self-harm. We'll hear a lot more from him about warning signs |
1:01.4 | and what loved ones can do in a moment. |
1:04.0 | And now is a good time to remind you that if you or someone you know is in crisis right now, |
1:10.0 | you can dial or text 988 and get immediate help from a professional. |
1:15.6 | When we left Kathy, she had been taken to a hospital where doctors cared for her physical |
1:20.0 | wounds. |
1:21.0 | There was still a long road ahead to deal with her emotional wounds. |
1:25.0 | Yes, so they took me in an ambulance to a trauma center in Trenton, and I was in intensive care for four days and I couldn't even look at my |
1:38.2 | family I cried and cried I would cover him up my face I was so embarrassed. And then I had to go to a psychiatric |
1:46.4 | hospital for 10 days over Christmas, so I spent Christmas by myself. |
1:51.8 | And she went from there and to a group So I spent Christmas by myself. |
1:53.0 | And she went from there into a group therapy program, and that's when things started |
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