DARING BANK SWINDLE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12580, 29 September 1908, Page 5

DARING BANK SWINDLE.

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Received September 23, 8.50 a.m. LONDON, September 28. A daring bank swindle is reported. A secret code word from the Sharlesden branch of the London and South-western Bank, intimating- the transfer thence of £760 belonging to a customer, waa received at the Catford branch, where an account was forthwith opened. The,supposed customer withdrew . £290, and departed in an automobile to repeat the same operation at seven other branches, each of which received a similar notice. The total amount scooped by the swindle was £2320.