Phone scam targeting parents costs mum $4500
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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Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd
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St Albans
United Kingdom
St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans. It lies east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, about 20 miles north-north-west of central London, 8 miles south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles south-south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and it became the Roman city of Verulamium.... Show more It is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area.
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