![]() ![]() ![]() One cabbie borrowed £4,000 from a friend which he handed over to the criminals and another went with one of the gang to his bank in Manchester and withdrew £5,000 from his savings. The victim was then told to drive to the Trafford Centre to seal the deal as the ‘jeweller’ had a business there. To appear authentic the ‘jeweller’, who wore a smart suit and tie, met one of the victims outside top shop Preston’s of Bolton, giving the impression they had been doing business there. After all, online scams have been around for a long time now, and theres always something new cooking. The ease of doing online transactions and streaming are also. In relation to those numbers, mobile gaming revenue is projected to hit 175.8 billion in 2021. As of October 2021, there are 2.2 billion active mobile gamers, which makes up about 28 of the world’s population. Each crime was carried out within hours of the taxi drivers being met by the gang. It doesn’t matter which TV you own, you could have one of the best TVs of 2023 or even one of the world’s best streaming devicesand still be at risk. The advent of mobile gaming made playing video games more accessible. The channel is mostly concerned with selling jewellery with a few lifestyle products from the homeware and beauty categories promoted in various slots across the schedule. The cabbies were hooked by villains who claimed they were dealing with South African jewellers. Gemporia is a British television and online retailer, licensed by Ofcom under the Gems TV name. They approached the drivers to transport them around Greater Manchester for several days as they did ‘deals’, but then snared them into the ‘perfect’ hustle. With echoes of the hit TV show The Hustle, three conmen targeted private hire drivers in Bolton and Manchester and escaped with £9,000. The victims thought they were making a fast buck by getting involved in selling precious stones to an international jewellery dealer.īut the ‘diamonds’ were worthless plastic glass beads and the nuggets of platinum were iron pyrite – also known as fool’s gold. Taxi drivers were duped out of thousands of pounds in a sophisticated gems scam.
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