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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (C) talks with Illinois nominee for Congress Tammy Duckworth (R) during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 4, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Even the best of us can be duped by a con artist, a fact revealed when two federal lawmakers including the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate were tricked into supporting a scheme hatched by an Illinois man awaiting sentencing for fraud.
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Senator Richard Durbin signed letters of support seeking grant funding from the U.S. Education Department for the MyWings Foundation, a purported charity focused on helping people with disabilities by providing them with tablets and software applications.