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Feb 5 • 19:27 UTC • 🇧🇷 Brazil • G1 (PT)

Scammers use screen sharing to induce elderly man to pay R$ 14.5 thousand in third-party debts in the interior of SP

A 69-year-old retiree from President Prudente, SP, lost over R$ 14.5 thousand due to a 'False Lawyer' scam involving social engineering and technology, where he was tricked into paying debts linked to unknown individuals from Minas Gerais.

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