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Online scam targets those ordered to perform community service

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Hundreds of times a day in courtrooms across Georgia and the country someone is sentenced to perform community service.

Now you might think this means performing a service that actually helps the community, but as FOX 5 I-Team reporter Randy Travis discovered, a growing number of online companies are really just helping themselves.


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