Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters
Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, England, between Bristol, 35 miles to the west, and Reading, the same distance to the east; the town is 71 miles west of London. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 182,441. The Town Development Act 1952 led to a major increase in its population.Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. Swindon Borough Council is a unitary authority, independent of Wiltshire Council since... Show more 1997. Residents of Swindon are known as Swindonians. The town is home to the English Heritage National Monument Record Centre and the headquarters of the National Trust, and the head office of the Nationwide Building Society. A Honda car manufacturing plant, which is due to close in 2021, is nearby at South Marston.
Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
A distraught teenager who claims to have been scammed out of $25,000 in a matter of seconds has issued a chilling warning. After scoring her first casual job at 14, Aurora Casilli has been dreaming of the day she would have enough money to buy her very own home.
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