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Why do we blame scam victims for what happened to them?

We all think we’re smarter than scammers… until one gets the best of us. Harper’s Magazine contributor Hannah Zeavin joins host Krys Boyd to tell the story of a woman who lost her life savings in a phone scam, why she has little recourse, and why we’re so quick to judge scam victims we’ve deemed weak or ignorant. Her article is called “The Victim Cloud.”