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Scammers posing as FBI steal $71K from 83-year-old Franklin man after days of calls

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An 83-year-old Middle Tennessee man lost $71,000 after his family said scammers posing as FBI agents spent 11 days threatening, isolating and manipulating him over the phone.

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