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Time to expose the new-wave swindlers

The Age, 22 February 2008 

1900 number scam

Nigerian moneymen are yesterday's rip-off. Say hello to the 1900 flim-flam men. It might be a fake courier's card or cheap car for sale in the paper. The caller rings the number and is stuck on hold while the minutes tick by and the bill mounts.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/time-to-expose-the-newwave-swindlers/2008/02/21/1203467284290.html