'Hi Mum' phone scam costs parents $2 million
Police cybercrime experts are warning Australians to be extra vigilant after more than $2 million was stolen under the 'Hi Mum" mobile phone scam over past months.
Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the Tasman Sea coast, and 317 km north of Sydney. Taree can be reached by train via the North Coast Railway, and by the Pacific Highway. Taree railway station is on the North Coast line... Show more of the NSW TrainLink network. It is serviced by six NSW TrainLink trains daily: three heading to Sydney, another three heading North to Grafton, Casino or Brisbane. Taree is within the local government area of Mid-Coast Council, the state electorate of Myall Lakes and the Federal electorate of Lyne.
Police cybercrime experts are warning Australians to be extra vigilant after more than $2 million was stolen under the 'Hi Mum" mobile phone scam over past months.
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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