by TerranceBoyce
Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:12 am
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/postmen-guilty-of-1-3m-global-scam-1-6515913
The pair were caught after overseas students at Exeter University fell victim to a fraud in which they were swindled out of thousands of pounds they paid as deposits for non- existent luxury flats.
The victims included students from China, Greece and Africa, who transferred money electronically in the belief they were securing a tenancy at a luxury flat in the Southernhay shopping centre in Exeter.
The most serious fraud was against a German woman who was blackmailed into transferring her life savings of £25,000 after hackers convinced her they would kill her family if she refused.
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