A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

An East Tennessee woman stops a scam by people posing as a representatives of Publishers Clearing House and a Wisconsin woman must pay taxes on $200,000 she lost to a scammer. A federal law once protected such victims from taxes. The law was cut.

We also tell the story of a Toronto man who encountered a scammer that left him physically broken and unable to walk.

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A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

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A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen

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Woman told she is on "secret probation" and loses hundreds of thousands of dollars

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