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The latest news from the world of the swindler…
JUSTICE IS BLIND (AND BLIND) Two teenagers in the UK have been busted pretending to be deaf and collecting money for Hearing Dog’s For The Deaf. Aside from having a donation form riddled with spelling mistakes the two girls (aged 13 and 15) got away with it until they were questioned by a local woman…in sign language.
RIP AMAZING BALLANTINE - Actor and magician Carl Ballantine has passed away. The general public will remember him as con artist Lester Gruber from McHale’s Navy but I’ll always remember him as The Amazing Ballantine.
ANZ SWINDLE - An ANZ teller has been convicted of ‘cunningly setting up a complicated system of false transfers, security circumnavigation and red herrings to steal $800,000 from her employer. She used the money to bet on the pokies proving that you can swindler and swindler.
TUNNEL VISIONS - Palestinians have been defrauded out of millions off dollars after they invested in tunnels out of the Gaza Strip. The tunnels are used to smuggle good in and out of the Gaza Strip and are the econonic lifeline for people living in the area.
GRANDPARENTS SCAM - Vulnerable nannas have been called by con artists claiming to be their grandchildren. They fake an emergecny and ask for money to be wired immediately. The scam operates via email, phone and facebook. Protect your nanna!
don’t mess with nanna