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A warning after a Cathedral City man fell victim to an online pet adoption scam.

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Luis Medina CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KUNA) – A report released last month revealed that Californians lost $3.54 billion to cybercrime in the form of scams, fraud, and ransomware. While it’s easy to dismiss this data and think you’ll never fall victim to an online scam, Cathedral City man Bill Lewis learned his lesson the hard way. Just a couple of months ago, Lewis lost his pug, Betty Boop. He had adopted her two years earlier at the age of 11. W…

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A warning after a Cathedral City man fell victim to an online pet adoption scam.

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KUNA) – A report published last month revealed that Californians lost $3.54 billion due to cyber crimes in the form of scams, frauds and ransomware. While it is easy to ignore this data and think that they will never be the victim of an online scam, Bill Lewis, a man from Cathedral City, learned the lesson to the bad. Just a couple of months ago, Lewis lost his pug, Betty Boop. He had adopted it two years ago, when he was…

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