history: My mother got scammed out of hundreds of dollars.  It was some internet phishing thing.  She had no recourse. My mom got scammed out of hundreds of dollars. Dude! That sucks! I am so sorry about that. What happened?
current: It was some internet phishing thing.  She had zero recourse.  I guess it's actually a little lucky she didn't lose more.
next: Ugh! That really irritates me. I am so sorry that happened. Too bad they couldn't catch those creeps. 