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.
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Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the East Coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is in the center of a long and continuous 60-mile stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in northeastern South Carolina. Ranked as the second fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country, Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in South Carolina and the United States. The city's warm, subtropical climate and extensive beaches... Show more attract an estimated 14 million visitors each year. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,109, and in 2019, the estimated population was 34,695. The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area had an estimated population in 2019 of 480,891.
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