Businesses warned of ad scam
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- Businesses warned of ad scam
- Faceless conmen operating in shadows to target vulnerable.
- Fraudsters fleece widow of GBP50000 life savings.
- Two jailed over export of stolen cars to Europe.
Businesses warned of ad scam
NEWS.com.au – Mar 16, 2007
article-tools –> FRANCES STEWART March 16 2007 03:06pm. content-row clearfloat –> BILLS are being received by South Australian businesses for advertisements they did not place according to the ffice for Consumer and Business Affairs. This latest scam to hit the state relies on business owners being too busy to check their invoices. The CBA is urging all business owners to check bills carefully before they pay them. They may also receive telephone calls to confirm the unauthorised advertisements. Business owners should record all advertisements they have authorised and contact consumer affairs if they suspect an invoice is a scam. "The simple message is – if you didn’t authorise it don’t pay it" said Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Mark Bodycoat pictured… This latest scam to hit the state relies on business owners being too busy to check their invoices. The CBA is urging all business owners to check bills carefully before they pay them. They may also receive telephone calls to confirm the unauthorised advertisements. Business owners should record all advertisements they have authorised and contact consumer affairs if they suspect an invoice is a scam. "The simple message is – if you didn’t authorise it don’t pay it" said Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Mark Bodycoat pictured. Share this article.
Faceless conmen operating in shadows to target vulnerable.
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Chris Benfield looks at possible leads to the crooks who target unsuspecting people. Telephone calls The criminals.
Fraudsters fleece widow of GBP50000 life savings.
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(From Yorkshire Post) EXCLUSIVE: An elderly Yorkshire widow was fleeced of her life savings by an international gang who tricked her into sending money all over the world. Dora ‘Malley 86 lost at least GBP30000 and her family estimate it could be as much as GBP50000 in responding to mailshots promising the chance of a big prize. She then started to get telephone calls which lured her into a bigger scam. She is one of an astonishing number of people taken in by promises of good luck bargains easy earnings or prizes out of the blue. Between them according to the ffice of Fair Trading British victims probably lose GBP3. A Leeds sub-postmistress reported her concern to police that an old woman was sending bundles of cash across the globe and she eventually refused to help her waste any more.
Two jailed over export of stolen cars to Europe.
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(From Yorkshire Post) DETECTIVES in Yorkshire have foiled an international crime ring dealing in luxury cars as far afield as the Baltic states after thieves preyed on victims over the internet. Eastern European criminals duped the owners of executive models made by BMW Mercedes-Benz Porsche and Lexus after the vehicles had been advertised on auction websites including Autotrader and eBay. fficers from North Yorkshire Police cracked the scam which was linked to Lithuania after they received a call from a. CPYRIGHT 2007 Financial Times Ltd.
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