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CARLSBAD, Calif. —

The American dream turned into a nightmare for a young San Diego couple after losing nearly $800,000 in an escrow scam.  Kevin Noar, a chef, and Nicole, a UC San Diego nurse, were prepared to put down their life savings on their dream house in Carlsbad, only to fall victim to a sophisticated wire-transfer scam.

“It’s everything that we have,” Nicole said. “It is everything that we have and it’s just gone. It still doesn’t even feel real to me.”

“It is a nightmare, a total nightmare,” said Kevin.

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