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A wedding lost to 'lucrative' part-time job

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It took her two years to save up the $17,000 she needed for her wedding, and in just one day in September last year, she lost the money to a job scam.
Iris (not her real name), 34, had come across an advertisement on Facebook for a part-time marketing gig.
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