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Andrew Cuomo’s phone lit up with a Venmo notification in late December 2020, as COVID-19 cases surged across the country. Someone was asking for $2,000. Their justification: “You owe us this stimulus.”
The request, no doubt intended for then New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, instead reached the inbox of a college student in Rochester who happens to share the same name — and is well-accustomed to such mix-ups.
“I’ve been dealing with this my whole life
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