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Woman loses more than $400K of retirement savings to gold courier scam

Woman loses more than $400K of retirement savings to gold courier scam
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WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. ( InvestigateTV ) — It can start with a pop-up on the computer screen and sometimes ends with the innocent victim handing over their life savings to a scammer. The FBI reported in 2025 that the “gold courier” scam alone drained more than $300 million from victims. Criminals...

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