Public service cross-link
Monday, 7 February 2005 10:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
If you live in, or spend much time in, Oxford, please read this post by
diffrentcolours detailing a scam regularly perpetrated in the city centre. I've had it done to me twice, and also seen (and, happily, prevented) it a third time. He's also had it twice now, and if you scan down the comments to his post, you'll see that many others have too.
The more people know about this sort of stuff, the harder it is for the scammers to get away with it - so please, pass it on!

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The more people know about this sort of stuff, the harder it is for the scammers to get away with it - so please, pass it on!

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Date: Monday, 7 February 2005 18:40 (UTC)The funny part? They were five years apart and she was five weeks pregnant both times - and had a convincing pot belly to show.
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Date: Monday, 7 February 2005 18:43 (UTC)Apparently there's some guy here in Belfast who spins the same old story along similar lines to the girl in Oxford, too. I guess once people have a story that works, they stick to it. We can only fight back by making sure as many people as possible know about it.
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Date: Monday, 7 February 2005 19:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 7 February 2005 19:17 (UTC)