'Hi Mum' phone scam costs parents $2 million
Police cybercrime experts are warning Australians to be extra vigilant after more than $2 million was stolen under the 'Hi Mum" mobile phone scam over past months.
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Appleby-in-Westmorland
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Appleby-in-Westmorland, a market town and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, had a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland and the smallest such town in England. It was known simply as Appleby until 1974, when the council of the successor parish to the borough changed it to retain the name Westmorland, which had disappeared as an administrative... Show more area under the Local Government Act 1972. It lies 14 miles south-east of Penrith, 32 miles south-east of Carlisle, 27 miles north-east of Kendal and 45 miles west of Darlington.
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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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