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OAP loses £24,000 in lotto scam
Apparently one cannot say it loud enough or often enough to prevent some from getting caught out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8464334.stm
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An elderly woman from the Aberdeen area has been cheated out of £24,000 in a Euromillions lottery scam, police said.
The woman, who is in her 70s, was persuaded to contact a phone number after receiving a letter telling her she had won a major Euromillions prize.
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Insp Roddy MacInnes said: "This was quite a sophisticated scam in that the second payment was paid into a genuine and unsuspecting British company's account.
"This was used as payment for vehicle parts sent to another part of the world, which in turn were sold on by the criminals."
He advised anyone who receives an unsolicited telephone call or letter suggesting they have either won a huge sum or could make vast amounts of money should be suspicious straightaway.
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