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Kiplinger
Business
Jamie Feldman

A $50k CIA Imposter Scam Went Viral. Here's How To Keep Yourself Safe.

A woman, only her hands and legs showing, opens her empty wallet.

Imposter scams are on the rise as a recent report shows and they are fooling more of us.

A recent example of that is Charlotte Cowles, a financial-advice columnist, who was scammed out of $50,000 by people posing as government officials. She shared her experience in a February 15 report for New York Magazine's The Cut.

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