ِA friendship request costs a Melbourne woman 570K

A Chinese, Australian lady, aged 61, was scammed for over 570 thousand dollars through a Facebook friendship request. The main scammer impersonated a famous doctor and claimed he requires multiple payments to unlock a 1.5 million dollars he intended to start a business with in Australia.

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Source: AAP


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