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.
Gosforth is a suburb of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is situated to the north of Central Newcastle. Gosforth constituted a separate urban district from 1895 until 1974. In 2001, it had a population of 23,620.There are three electoral wards that bear the Gosforth name: Dene and South Gosforth, Fawdon and West Gosforth, and Gosforth. Modern-day Gosforth includes other wards such as Parklands.
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.
Telstra's scam text filter has stopped a whopping 185 million scam texts from reaching its customers phones since it was launched in April.
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