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A scammer took my emergency fund

I got an email that looked like it came from my bank. I had just moved, my account info was in flux, the timing made sense. I clicked. I entered. By the time I called the real bank, the money was gone. Insurance covered some. Most of it did not come back. I rebuilt the fund over two years and I still flinch at every email I get.
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