A boy amputates his legs to get insurance month and "ghost hacking" sends messages to the deceased family

In separate incidents, a man and a woman are arrested for romance scams. A boy in Taiwan agrees to have both legs amputated to gain insurance money and a woman who wanted a puppy pays the money, only to be told it's a scam.

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