BBC 5 Live on the Soldier Scam
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:22 am
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5 live Investigates: Bogus Soldier Dating Scam 26 SEP 2010
Sun, 26 Sep 10
Duration:
48 mins
Fraudsters posing as US Army soldiers are sweet-talking British women on online dating sites and conning them out of thousands of pounds with bogus sob-stories. Adrian Goldberg speaks to one victim conned out of her life savings, and hears from another who is fighting back with an online campaign. Also: I.T workers say the government's controversial immigration cap doesn't go far enough as companies exploit the system to bring cheap labour to the UK. And 5 live Investigates reveals what really goes on in a 'boiler room' bogus investment operation.