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I fell for a scam, but then learned about true riches
“Congratulations! You have won millions of dollars, a beautiful luxury car, and $10,000 cash.” The words I was hearing over the phone sounded wonderful. Think of all the people my husband and I could help and all the good that would suddenly come into our lives! Believing in this incredibly good fortune, we began to daydream, and our imaginations went into overdrive.
To receive this fabulous, unexpected prize, the only stipulation was that we pay some taxes. So my husband and I sent a check and anxiously waited for the money that would follow, only to be told that we needed to send more money ourselves. The reality began to dawn on us that this whole thing was a big scam. The possibility that we were being used by an illegal operation was devastatingly disappointing, and it was extremely hard to accept that we’d been duped.

January 27, 2020 issue
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From the readers
Holly Amans-Kaiser, Susan Bonner
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Are you buying it?
Jenny Sawyer
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I fell for a scam, but then learned about true riches
Marilyn Wickstrom
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God makes burdens light
Suzanne Connolly
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Moving forward with confidence
Gayle Weber
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From disdain to respect
Melanie Wahlberg
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Healing after a skiing accident
McKinsey Bosman
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Son freed from head pain
André Kisonga
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Skin growth removed through prayer
Phoebe MacKenzie Smith
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A healing message: “Keep looking”
Nikki Paulk
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'Thy radiance is so pure ...'
Photograph by Cheryl Desanctis