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this is the first time that has happened
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and I'm just shocked it didn't take long
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for Sylvester Pain's grocery money for
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the month to go missing I used uh my
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food stamp card at m co at 7:13 in the
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morning uh to get my daughter snats for
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daycare and by 717 my all my bid and
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$477 worth for's go the same day
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Sylvester's SNAP benefits were issued I
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haven't received my new one yet some
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someone managed to empty his account he
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discovered this fraudulent out ofate
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transaction after his EBT card was
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declined by a grocery store I was aware
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about the gas pumps and the the ATM
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machines and stuff like that but I've
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never been aware of something like when
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you go to swipe your car the inside of a
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gas station almost all of us have bought
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something at a convenience store could
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that purchase cost you all the money in
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your account I talked to a police
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contact who said while it's fairly new
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and and Brazen they are seeing more
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cases of skimmers inside stores at card
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readers I also reached out to Mapco to
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tell them about Sylvester's situation
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benefits don't just disappear out of the
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blue for no reason as it turns out
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thousands of Tennesse snap recipients
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have reported fraud this year as of
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August 1st there have been about 8700
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fraud reports more than twice as many as
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2023 it's worth pointing out most EB T
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cards still have the magnetic stripe on
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the back they they feel like crap
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Sylvester a single father was told it
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could be three to four weeks before his
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funds are reimbursed how are you going
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to put fot on the table
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now I have no clue I want I want how to
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figure it out in Nashville Hannah
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