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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Wellingborough is a large market town in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England, 11 miles from Northampton on the north side of the River Nene.Originally named "Wendelingburgh", the Anglo-Saxon settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Wendelburie". The town was granted a royal market charter in 1201 by King John.At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 49,128. The Borough Council of Wellingborough has its... Show more offices in the town centre. The town is twinned with Niort in France, and with Wittlich in Germany. The town is predicted to grow by 30 per cent under the Milton Keynes South Midlands study, and the government has identified Wellingborough as one of several towns in Northamptonshire where growth in jobs and housing will be directed. The area will see an addition of around 10,000 homes by 2031, mainly to the east of the town. Wellingborough, along...
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