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Katie Woolf spoke with Barbara who told us about being scammed and wanted to thank the 360 Listeners who donated vouchers · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 2: You might recall on Monday morning if you were listening
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  Speaker 2: to the show, we had a lot of people get
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  Speaker 2: in contact with us about different scams and and well,
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  Speaker 2: scammers really trying to pray upon Territorians at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know about you, but I've certainly received
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  Speaker 2: an increase in the number of phone calls that I
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  Speaker 2: am getting to my phone from numbers that I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: and also from those with held numbers. Now, well, many
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  Speaker 2: of us would have heard as well on Monday the
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  Speaker 2: call that we had come through from the wonderful Barbara,
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  Speaker 2: and she joins me in the studio right now, Barbara,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for coming in today.
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  Speaker 3: Oh that's all right. I really wanted to come me
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  Speaker 3: in anyway, because I really wanted to thank the people
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  Speaker 3: that rang in to you. There's a Randall yep from
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  Speaker 3: the the Sign Sales.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that oh Randall was from dar and have
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  Speaker 2: a Winge. And then dead was from the Sign Sales.
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  Speaker 3: Oh okay, Oh I didn't I haven't got Tebbie's number, Louisa, Jody, Robin,
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  Speaker 3: and Kezia. I often hear on here to hear with you.
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  Speaker 3: I'd like you people to know that at the moment,
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  Speaker 3: I don't have anything. Everything was taken out of my bank.
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  Speaker 3: So what you've done for me is I don't think
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  Speaker 3: you could understand how what you've done for me is
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  Speaker 3: done for me. It's just made me be able to
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  Speaker 3: trust people more and there are good people out there,
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  Speaker 3: because I was starting to forget that. So what you
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  Speaker 3: did for me was absolutely I needed it. I needed
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  Speaker 3: it so bad, So thank you so so much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Barbara. When they all started to call through on
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  Speaker 2: Monday morning, I started crying, and I, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: felt really emotional because I'd been really touched by your story.
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  Speaker 2: I think that so many of us we don't actually
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  Speaker 2: realize how lucky or how easy it is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to wind up in a situation where you are scammed
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  Speaker 2: and it's through no fault of your own. And as
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  Speaker 2: you'd told us about on Monday, these hackers were able
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  Speaker 2: to get into your computer. They were then able to
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  Speaker 2: get into your savings. Now we had just people messaging
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  Speaker 2: and calling through immediately basically to say they wanted to
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  Speaker 2: reach out and help you. And as you said, Randall
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  Speaker 2: from dar and have a Winge that Facebook page, deb
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  Speaker 2: from Top End sign Sales, Louisa, Kezia Puric, Jody from
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  Speaker 2: Penny's Fancy Dress, as well as Robin. They all got
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  Speaker 2: in contact and said that they wanted to make a
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  Speaker 2: donation to you, or that they wanted to give you
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  Speaker 2: a Col's voucher or really whatever helped you. And it
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  Speaker 2: brought a tear to my eye because, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: it actually shows you the goodness in territories. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: forget that when we report on negative things and we
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  Speaker 2: hear about these terrible situations like the one that you
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  Speaker 2: were in, you must have been really happy or really
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  Speaker 2: it must have warmed your heart.
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  Speaker 3: It was just wonderful, because I honestly that when it happened.
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  Speaker 3: That week after that, I couldn't even talk to my
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  Speaker 3: family because I felt guilty. I felt guilty and ashamed
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  Speaker 3: of what had happened and what I'd done, and my
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  Speaker 3: doctor actually urged me to share with other people so
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  Speaker 3: that they know. But I did get to the place
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  Speaker 3: that I didn't want to be around anymore, and I
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  Speaker 3: luckily I just got my senses together and said to myself, Barbara,
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  Speaker 3: just ring beyond Blue, and I did that, and the
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  Speaker 3: lady on there the suggestions she helped me really help.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm so glad you did that. And I bet
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  Speaker 2: that your family is so incredibly glad that you did
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  Speaker 2: that as well, Barbara. And you know, it's really strong
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  Speaker 2: of you to come in here and tell us that
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  Speaker 2: and to be so raw and so honest, because you're
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  Speaker 2: not alone in feeling that way when something like this happens.
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  Speaker 2: And to anybody out there listening that has been in
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  Speaker 2: a terrible situation similar to Barbara's, you're not alone, and
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  Speaker 2: you are important and we do not want, you know,
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  Speaker 2: anything bad to happen. So if you get in that situation,
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  Speaker 2: do exactly as Barbara's done and reach out to be
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  Speaker 2: on Blue, reach out to Lifeline. It's the best tack
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  Speaker 2: to take. But also remember that there are so many
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  Speaker 2: great people in the territory and Barbara, I'm so pleased
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  Speaker 2: that they jumped on board to give you a hand.
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  Speaker 2: Are you Is that money going to help you sort
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  Speaker 2: of just get back on track?
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  Speaker 3: Definitely, definitely, Because right the week after it happened, my
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  Speaker 3: registration was due on my car. So what I've been
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  Speaker 3: doing ever since then is my whole pen has been
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  Speaker 3: going towards bills. So I've hardly been eating and I
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  Speaker 3: have to be really, really desperate to go to my family.
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  Speaker 3: I'm a very independent and I'm seventy, and you know
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  Speaker 3: my dignity. I still want to hold it.
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  Speaker 2: And you deserve to. Well, Barbara, Well, no, We're so
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  Speaker 2: grateful that you came on the show and shared your
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  Speaker 2: story with everybody, because again, it is so important that
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  Speaker 2: people know the links that scammers are going to, and
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  Speaker 2: it's so important to share that message so that people
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  Speaker 2: are aware that it can happen to any of us,
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  Speaker 2: and it really can. So we're so grateful that you
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  Speaker 2: shared your story. It was a really brave thing of
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  Speaker 2: you to do.
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  Speaker 3: Can I just because I probably won't talk to you
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  Speaker 3: for a long time, it's not going to happen to
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  Speaker 3: me again. But I do listen to your show and
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  Speaker 3: probably what made me ring was your empathetic nature. And
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  Speaker 3: you can hear it on the radio. You can hear it.
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  Speaker 3: It comes out loud and clear, and you do have
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  Speaker 3: empathy for other people. And do you know what, it's
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  Speaker 3: one of the greatest things we've got is to be
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  Speaker 3: able to listen to the program and keep up with
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  Speaker 3: the news and know that when something like this happens,
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  Speaker 3: I could feel you feeling for me, and yeah, it
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  Speaker 3: did so much for me.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Barbara, thank you. That's such a kind thing to say,
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  Speaker 2: and it's so greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for
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  Speaker 2: saying that. Well, Barbara, let's make sure we do catch
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  Speaker 2: up again soon. Hay, thank you so very much for
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  Speaker 2: coming in this morning.