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Backpackers used in fake gold scam

21 August 2013

Dr Jacqueline Drew was interviewed this week following a scam that used backpackers to sell fake gold and stole their identities.

She told ABC radio that it is not uncommon for backpackers to be scammed in Australia.

Listen to Gold Coast police crack crime syndicate that used backpackers to sell fake gold on the ABC website.

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