'Hi Mum' phone scam costs parents $2 million
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+44 15396 24351
Gloucester Motorway Services Limited
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Penrith, Cumbria
United Kingdom
Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England, less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park. It had a population of 15,181 at the 2011 Census. Historically in Cumberland, Penrith's local authority is currently Eden District Council, which is based in the town, as were the defunct Penrith Urban and Rural District councils. From 1974 to 2015, it was an unparished area with no local council, but a civil parish... Show more was reintroduced as Penrith Town Council and first elected on 7 May 2015.
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Jan Lenton thought she was lending her son some much-needed emergency cash - but $4500 later she realised she'd been the victim of a cruel scam.
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