Dave JApr 12, 2023
#Queensland #archives reveal long history of scams with letter-writing #swindle. The word of a dying father trying to save his daughter won over outback Queenslanders. It was a #scam. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-13/history-of-scams-letter-swindle-queensland/102172774 #history #AusHistory #SpanishPrisoner #PigeonDrop #419scam #fraud
Queensland archives reveal long history of scams with letter-writing swindle

It sounds like the makings of a Hollywood movie but was in fact an elaborate scam that stole hundreds of pounds from outback citizens in the early 1900s. 

ABC News