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4 simple ways to recover money from a scammer
Unfortunately, every year it seems more and more American citizens fall victim to scammers and criminals determined to relieve them of their hard-earned cash. Recently released figures from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) illustrate just how pervasive this issue is becoming, finding that consumers lost around $8.8 billion to targeted scams and fraudulent activities during 2022 alone.