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We're asking for your experiences for possible inclusion in our new feature, called Scam of the Month, in which we cover a specific scam and illustrate how it works. If your story relates to a scam we wish to cover, Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden may contact you for more information.

To protect your privacy, we remind you we will never publish your contact information. You will be contacted first if we decide to include your story in a Scam of the Month feature.

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