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Police issue warning after six people swindled out of £190,000 in run-up to Christmas

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Between 16 November and 18 December the PSNI received six reports of scams ranging from £8,000 to £64,000.

Image: Shutterstock.com Image: Shutterstock.com POLICE IN NORTHERN Ireland have issued a warning after scammers “swindled” almost £190,000 from six residents in the run-up to Christmas.

The first report involved a woman in Belfast who was contacted by a person claiming to be from a Telecoms provider. The person asked the man for a loan of £8,000, which the man agreed to. He subsequently found out his actual friend’s Facebook account had been hacked and that he’d been scammed.

 

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