Updated July 25, According to the woman, she had befriended a person purporting to be an American man on an online dating website 18 months ago. The scammers had swindled the money after hacking a business's email and changing bank account details on a transaction that had already been approved. Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said the woman has subsequently relinquished ownership of the car, which has been towed to a police holding yard.
He said at this stage she has been served with a fraud warning letter and was unlikely to recoup the money she herself lost. While being wooed by the scammer, the woman had viewed over the internet what was a fake driver's license and US passports, she had also recorded conversations.
When investigators listened to the recordings, Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said it seemed obvious the online boyfriend was not American, but South African. Topics: law-crime-and-justice , crime , fraud-and-corporate-crime , nambour , qld , maroochydore , brisbane , australia. First posted July 25, More stories from Queensland. If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, contact the ABC. ABC teams share the story behind the story and insights into the making of digital, TV and radio content.
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