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Katie Woolf spoke with listener Barbara who had been scammed and Territorian came together to help her out · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 2: Joined the conversation with Katie Wolf, you are our eyes
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  Speaker 2: and ears in the territory mixed one oh four point nine. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what this topic of scam is, something
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  Speaker 2: that's really got the phone lines running hot this morning.
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  Speaker 2: And Barbara joins me on the line right now, Good morning, Barbara.
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  Speaker 3: Hi.
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  Speaker 4: I've never ran before, so I'm a little bit nervous.
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  Speaker 2: That's okay.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe I got scammed really bad. It was a phone
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  Speaker 4: call to start with, and they told me that they
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  Speaker 4: were in and.
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  Speaker 5: They talked so good that and my computer had been
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  Speaker 5: playing up a bit, so I went on to my
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  Speaker 5: computer and they talked to me on the phone while
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  Speaker 5: I was on the computer, and they kept telling me
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  Speaker 5: to keep to type stuff in and next thing they were.
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  Speaker 6: On my computer and they kept Now.
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  Speaker 3: I kept saying, I don't know if this is right.
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  Speaker 6: It doesn't seem right. Yes, And.
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  Speaker 3: They were putting me onto different.
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  Speaker 5: People and they were saying that I know, it's all right,
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  Speaker 5: this is a free week.
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  Speaker 6: We're going to fix it all for you. And I said, well.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you work?
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  Speaker 4: You work for? And the man said Big cond And
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  Speaker 4: I'm with Big Cons So I trusted them. I really
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  Speaker 4: trusted them, and I did everything they told me. And
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  Speaker 4: when they wanted my details, I said that I.
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  Speaker 7: Can't give my numbers, and they.
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  Speaker 8: Said, it's all right, only give us the last four
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  Speaker 8: numbers on your cars.
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  Speaker 6: So I did that and then when I put in
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  Speaker 6: my pin number, it came up on.
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  Speaker 4: The computers crosses, so I thought it's all okay. And
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  Speaker 4: they told me that they were going to re only
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  Speaker 4: eighty something dollars because they had to fix my envy and.
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  Speaker 7: Like six months or so before.
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  Speaker 4: And I said, yeah, well they did too, and they
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  Speaker 4: said that they have someone coming out on Mondays.
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  Speaker 1: Anyhow, we all went through and that the computer got well.
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  Speaker 9: I don't know if it.
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  Speaker 7: Was fixed or not, but I was by this time,
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  Speaker 7: I was feeling pretty low. And when they were on
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  Speaker 7: my computer and I could see the arrow going all
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  Speaker 7: over my monitor, and in the end, I said to them, look,
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  Speaker 7: I don't really feel.
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  Speaker 4: Right with this, and I hung up and I went
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  Speaker 4: on to my internet banking and all my money was gone.
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  Speaker 6: And anyhow, I got an email the.
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  Speaker 1: Next day just say that I had transferred my money
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  Speaker 1: or my through to Western Union and it had gone
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  Speaker 1: to Kenya.
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  Speaker 7: I went to the agents of Western Union.
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  Speaker 6: No one might bank, no one can do anything about.
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  Speaker 7: It, that there's nothing they can do.
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  Speaker 6: I let it happen.
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  Speaker 9: And honestly, Katie, I went down solo that Luke. I
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  Speaker 9: couldn't talk to anybody because I felt guilty. I felt
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  Speaker 9: ashamed of myself that I got to the place where
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  Speaker 9: I didn't want to be here anymore and I had
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  Speaker 9: to ring beyond blue and oh, you encouraged me to
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  Speaker 9: let you know so that other people can't be aware that.
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  Speaker 2: I am so sorry to hear that. But Barbara, you
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  Speaker 2: need to know that that's not your fault. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you're talking about elaborate scammers here who go to the
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  Speaker 2: greatest lengths to scam Territorians and it's disgusting and it's
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  Speaker 2: it's disgraceful that they did that to you, And that
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  Speaker 2: is not your fault.
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  Speaker 6: No, I'm realizing that now because I've been to my
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  Speaker 6: psych collegist and yeah, and I finally went and talked
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  Speaker 6: to my daughter, who I was scared to go to
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  Speaker 6: because I had no money, and I ended up having to.
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  Speaker 3: Be essentially to ask them to help me out till
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  Speaker 3: I got my next pension It's just a horrible week,
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  Speaker 3: the most.
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  Speaker 7: Horrible week I've ever gone through.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness me.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but it is over now I'm getting back on top,
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  Speaker 3: and money wise, I'm struggling, but everything will be all right.
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  Speaker 3: But I can't get my money back. There's nothing I
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  Speaker 3: can do about it. And I just wanted you to
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  Speaker 3: know so that you know, like I listen to you.
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  Speaker 8: Every day, but I don't because I get nervous.
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  Speaker 6: I do listen to you, and I love your program.
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  Speaker 2: Oh thank you, Barbara. Well, you know I really appreciate
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  Speaker 2: you sharing your story with us and for being so
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  Speaker 2: brave and sharing that story.
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  Speaker 10: Barbara.
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  Speaker 2: How long ago did this happen?
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  Speaker 7: It will be two weeks now, Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness me, Barbara. Did the police end up?
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  Speaker 10: Like?
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  Speaker 2: Did the police have to get involved and try to
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  Speaker 2: help you out?
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  Speaker 6: None of them, None of them can do anything.
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  Speaker 2: Oh Barbara, I am so sorry that this has happened
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  Speaker 2: to you. Now, Look, you know, there's not a lot
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  Speaker 2: that I can do to help. But what I can
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  Speaker 2: do for you is make you our territory. And of
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  Speaker 2: the week. I know it's only Monday, but we have
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  Speaker 2: got a beautiful We've got a beautiful care package for
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  Speaker 2: you from Perap Fine Foods. Neville at Perap Fine Foods
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  Speaker 2: puts those care packages together and they are full of
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  Speaker 2: gourmet goodness for your goodness. But I reckon it might
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  Speaker 2: be that change of luck that you need.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, thank you, Oh that's all.
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  Speaker 2: That's all right, Barbara. I really like I say, I
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  Speaker 2: really appreciate you calling because I think that it's so
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  Speaker 2: important that Territorians know the degree that that you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of these scammers are going to and unfortunately, you know,
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  Speaker 2: quite often like they're praying on people, and they're really
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  Speaker 2: praying on our goodwill. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Well, my daughter and my daughter Tommy when I was
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  Speaker 4: when I told her about it, she said that one
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  Speaker 4: of her clients, I.
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  Speaker 6: Don't know if it was the same people as mine.
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  Speaker 8: But they got out taken three I think we're thirty
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  Speaker 8: thousand dollars, she said, got taken from them. And this
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  Speaker 8: poor lady is still trying to get her money back.
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  Speaker 8: And you know, that's hope.
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  Speaker 7: I know it's hopeless.
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  Speaker 8: God, I've tried and tried and I can't get mine back.
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  Speaker 8: So I know that there's nothing anybody can do about
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  Speaker 8: it whatsoever. And that's why I really want everyone should
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  Speaker 8: know to please.
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  Speaker 6: Be careful and be very aware of Western Union. Yeah,
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  Speaker 6: because apparently it's one of the bad ones.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Barbara, we understand and appreciate how hard it was
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  Speaker 2: for you to come on and share your story, and
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  Speaker 2: we're very grateful that you did. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 2: for having a chat with us today.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you and Barbara.
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  Speaker 2: I'll just get you to hang on the line so
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  Speaker 2: Ronnie can get your details as well for that beautiful
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  Speaker 2: care package. And I tell you what we're hearing some
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  Speaker 2: you know, some pretty bad stuff on the tech signe
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  Speaker 2: and also obviously like you've just heard there from Barbara,
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  Speaker 2: she's not alone. There are a number of Territorians who've
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  Speaker 2: been scammed. As I mentioned earlier, I know that there
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  Speaker 2: are people changing invoices. They intercept your email. They're able
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  Speaker 2: to change those invoices now. I know because it happened
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  Speaker 2: to us last year, so it's definitely happening now. I
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  Speaker 2: believe that I've got Randall on the line, I think
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  Speaker 2: from Darwin. Have a winge. Good morning Randall.
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  Speaker 10: Hey, hey, good mate.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't spoken to you for a while. What's been happening?
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  Speaker 10: I just said the young lady on there and don't
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  Speaker 10: want to have a wine full donate one hundred dollars
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  Speaker 10: to her again.
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  Speaker 2: Oh Randall, that's so nice mate, thank you.
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  Speaker 10: That's all over you, I know.
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  Speaker 2: But you know sometimes people say, oh, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: just winging on dar and have a winch. But you're
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  Speaker 2: a good bloke and I really appreciate you doing that.
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  Speaker 10: No worries. So'll catch up with you and shop a
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  Speaker 10: wool card off field or something like that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you're allegit, Randall.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: I really appreciate it. And mate, I hope you've been
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  Speaker 2: all right, you said, then you've been away for funerals
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  Speaker 2: and various other things. I hope that you're okay.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, we're partner long well, Randal, you are.
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  Speaker 2: And I just got a message as well from Top
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  Speaker 2: End sign Sales, so they're Beingland's top end sign Sales.
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  Speaker 2: She said she's gonna match. She is, and she's going
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  Speaker 2: to match your one hundred dollars for that lady, so
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  Speaker 2: up to two hundred bucks and she's got a care
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  Speaker 2: package you Morba legends. Thank you, Randal.
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  Speaker 10: Well, that's the locals for you, mate. It is each other's.
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  Speaker 2: Good on you mate, thank you so much for calling
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  Speaker 2: this morning and look after yourself. Good on you, thanks Randall,
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  Speaker 2: And oh how nice is that after hearing from Barbara
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  Speaker 2: and what she's gone through, Randall and deb have just
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  Speaker 2: both donated one hundred each so that she is able
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  Speaker 2: to just have that opportunity to get back on her feet.
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  Speaker 2: I really feel for Barbara, as she said, she's never
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  Speaker 2: called the show before and she wanted to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that that Territorians were aware of this online scam situation
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  Speaker 2: that so many of us have experienced. And I tell
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  Speaker 2: you what, we weren't even really planning on talking about
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  Speaker 2: this this morning, but like I always say, you guys
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  Speaker 2: decide the direction of this show, and we got that
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  Speaker 2: message a little earlier, just letting us know about a
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  Speaker 2: scam that is doing the rounds, and you know I
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  Speaker 2: shared that detail, and I tell you what, now we
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  Speaker 2: are being inundated with messages, nice Katie. The powerlessness that
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  Speaker 2: Barbara feels is dramatic. These predators show no humanity. You
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  Speaker 2: spot on they don't and you know, they really pray
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  Speaker 2: upon people and it upsets me so much. Then when
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  Speaker 2: people lose their hard earned cash and it happens more
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  Speaker 2: often than what we realize, Oh goodness, me so as
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  Speaker 2: I said, Randall has said that he is going to
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  Speaker 2: donate one hundred dollars for Barbara deb in Pineland, so
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  Speaker 2: top End sign Sales is going to match that one
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  Speaker 2: hundred dollars for Barbara. And Keysier Puick has also said
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  Speaker 2: that she's going to donate two hundred dollars to Barbara,
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  Speaker 2: and I feel like I'm gonna cry. Louisa just called
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  Speaker 2: to say that she will donate one hundred dollars as well.
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  Speaker 9: That is so nice.
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  Speaker 7: Good on all of you.
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  Speaker 2: It's so lovely to see the way that the community
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  Speaker 2: comes together.