{"id":4256,"date":"2024-12-04T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:29:15","slug":"i-got-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/i-got-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"I Got Scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34285450\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4427553\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Early in my career I got scammed by a client who hired me to photograph an event for his company, and then never paid me. 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