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Posted by Tony Flynn on 6th June 2011 at 04:29 PM
Telephone scam in Clifton
GMP have release details of a telephone confidence scam, with details below.

The victim is contacted by telephone and informed that she is due a refund of cash charged as interest on a loan she had previously taken out.

To claim the money owed her she was informed that first she needed to attend the Post Office and Bank where she should use Ukash Transfers and Moneygram transfers to send the cash to India.

Every day for several days the victim was contacted by telephone where the caller instructed the victim on what to do to successfully send the money using the transfer documents.

It was stated that the money sent off by the victim could be claimed back along with the alleged money owed from the loan interest.

Since this time no refunds have been received and the telephone number of the caller who rang purporting to be from the company has been disconnected.

Source: GMP.

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