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.
Tehachapi is a city in Kern County, California, in the Tehachapi Mountains, at an elevation of 3,970 feet, between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. Tehachapi is 35 miles east-southeast of Bakersfield, and 20 miles west of Mojave. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10 square miles and a population of 14,414. The Tehachapi area is known for the nearby Tehachapi Loop, Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm, Main... Show more Street Tehachapi, the Tehachapi Depot Museum, the Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park and Tomi-Kahni Resource Center, and excellent air conditions for gliding. Ten miles to the west, at Keene, is the National Chavez Center, established to share the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
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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