How a notorious Canadian con artist fooled the victims who trusted him
Posted March 2, 2020 5:15 am.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, he’d had a tough childhood. He owned a boat. He’d just bought 300 acres to build a place for at-risk youth. He needed to go get his dog from his ex-wife. His backpack was stolen. He just needed a few bucks to get to Toronto.
All lies. All told brazenly. And all of them accepted — until they weren’t. We spend a lot of time today talking about how to avoid scams online, in the digital world. But there are still scammers operating in real life, preying on people’s kind hearts and hopeful dreams. This is the story of one of them.
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https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2020/03/02/tk-romance-scam/
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