Lessons from a global scam buster

Lessons from a global scam buster
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Victoria Young
“The problem with Kiwis is that they take people at face value, and if someone is ringing you up if they are well spoken, speak well and are very polite, you automatically trust them,” says scam expert Ken Gamble. Gamble presented at the OffshoreAlert Bangkok 2024 conference in Thailand last week with the private sector investigator explaining how he tracked down and exposed a group of scammers who swindled more than A$1 billion (NZ$1.06b) from unsuspecting investors. In Gamble’s latest bust, high-pressure sales tact...

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