A former Facebook and Nike DEI manager got 5 years in prison for stealing $5 million to fund her luxury lifestyle

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Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on March 8, 2020.

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I was a first-time homebuyer and got scammed out of $167,000 of my life savings

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Pat Lawlor said he unknowingly wired criminals his six-figure downpayment.

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

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The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.

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