'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.
+1 248 351 2683
Microsoft Corp
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Southfield, Michigan
United States
Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 71,739.As a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Southfield shares part of its southern border with the city of Detroit. The city was originally part of Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village is an enclave within the city of Southfield. The city is home to the Southfield Town Center... Show more complex, which includes five interconnected office buildings. The tallest of these, 3000 Town Center, stands at 402 feet tall; it is the second-tallest building in the state outside of the city of Detroit and the 16th-tallest building overall in the state.
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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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