A friend Deborah Huber, who was scammed, has established a GoFundMe to help Huber find stable and secure housing
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- Deborah Huber said she was scammed out of $12,000 by someone posing as a Deaf Services Center employee who promised to help her and her son secure a new home
- The Ohio resident said she then no longer had the funds to pay rent and utilities on her current home and was evicted
- Huber is now staying with a family friend, while supporters have launched a GoFundMe to help them find stable housing
A Ohio woman is claiming she lost her home after someone posing as a representative from her local deaf community center scammed her out of all her savings.
Deborah Huber, who is disabled and deaf, said she was contacted on Facebook at the beginning of the year by someone who claimed they were an employee with the Deaf Services Center, which provides assistance to those in the deaf and hard of hearing community in her area, per ABC 13.
Huber said the person claimed they would help place her and her adult son in a new, fully furnished home, prompting her to send them $12,000…