"Most of us would want to help a friend in need, but if it's an online friend, and they want you to wire money, you should double-check, " FBI spokesman Jason Pack said.

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Along either side of the road lay broad swathes of landmines and a double fence of barbed wire that stretches the 151-mile (248 km) length of the DMZ.

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