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BFC Weekly Recap: A $600,000 Pig Butchering Scam and a $225,000 IRS Bill
What do a $5.49 phone fee, a $55 weekly holiday plan, and a $225,000 IRS bill have in common?
They can all change how much of your paycheck you actually keep.
In this weekly recap, Ralph Estep Jr. and Juliet cover what you missed from Oct. 5-9: a rising phone fee, a simple Christmas savings plan, tax preparer red flags, a $600,000 scam that came with a $225,000 IRS bill, and why a $5,000 raise pays about $3,500.
In This Episode
✓ A phone fee that keeps climbing
✓ A $55 a week plan to pay for Christmas
✓ Tax preparer red flags and why you pay the IRS directly
✓ The 20/4/10 rule for buying a…
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