'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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Morgan Sindall (Huw Williams)
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Rugby, Warwickshire
United Kingdom
Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In 2019 its population was estimated at 76,419, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby which has a population of 108,935. Rugby is situated on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near to the borders with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It is 83 miles north of London, 30 miles east-southeast of... Show more Birmingham, 11 miles east of Coventry, and 19 miles south-southwest of Leicester. Rugby was a small rural market town until the mid-19th century, when the siting of a major railway junction at the town spurred the development of manufacturing and engineering industry, and the rapid growth of population. Rugby School, an independent school situated in the town, is the birthplace of Rugby football which, according to legend, was invented in 1823...
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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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