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.
Ghaziabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a part of the National Capital Region of Delhi. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghaziabad district and is the largest city in western Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,729,000. Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation is divided into 5 zones - City Zone, Kavi Nagar Zone, Vijay Nagar Zone, Mohan Nagar Zone and Vasundhara Zone. The Municipal Corporation comprises 100 wards. Well connected... Show more by roads and railways, it is a major rail junction for North India. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway of Uttar Pradesh" because it is close to New Delhi, on the main route into Uttar Pradesh. Recent construction works have led to the city being described by a City Mayors Foundation survey as the second fastest-growing in the world. Situated in the Upper Gangetic Plains, the city has two major divisions separated by the Hindon River,...
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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