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“It’s hard for me to understand why people don’t recognize this as the total scam it is.”

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Wendy and Ken, who live near Canterbury, say the scam started with a phone call from a so-called detective constable, claiming someone had been arrested for trying to use their bank card in London.

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Every scam, if this was a scam, is an everyday scam, it’s just tailored for various holidays and occasions.

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"Always question uninvited approaches in case it's a scam."

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Several investigations, including by the BBC, have shown that many of them have fallen prey to cross-border visa scams and lost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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