WA property scam: Elderly woman loses more than $500k after bogus emails | ABC News (Australian)

Posted by Steven Kirby | Sep 20, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Email, Email Phishing, Real Estate and Property Management, Scam, Western Australia | 0 |

An 83-year-old woman is robbed of more than half a million dollars after email scammers pretend to be her settlement agent and convince her son to transfer cash into a bogus account.

Source: WA property scam: Elderly woman loses more than $500k after bogus emails – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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