CONFIDENCE TRICK
ELDERLY MAN DUPED
The old "lost wallet" confidence trick has cost an elderly man from Cairns £450, .representing practically all his life saving)?, and Sydney police are looking ,fpr 'ttie>-three men who ar« alleged to have dupfcd^the Queensland visitor, reports the "Sydney Morning Herald." According to the report made to the police, a wallet containing some money was dropped and was found by the victim. A name and address were found in the wallet, and one of the confidence men suggested that it should be returned to the owner. Ai | a reward for the finder's honesty, the | owner suggested an investment, and I the victim was prevailed on to put in £450. He was then given his fare back to Queensland with the promise that his share of the investment, which would be double the amount he put in, would be sent on to him. The victim realised before he reach* ed Cairns fhathe had been duped, and he returned to; Sydney to make hi* complaint to the police.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 17
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171CONFIDENCE TRICK Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 17
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