THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.
* NEW ZEALANDER SWINDLED. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COITBIGHT) I&L'STBALUX ASD S.l. CABLE AS3.OCIATIOX..) LONDON, November 21. A New Zealander, T. H. Wilkinson, is the latest confidencc-gang victim. T\ stranger, claiming to be an ex-army captain, confided that he was in a position to obtain tlio most exclusive stock exchange information on which a fortune could be made. Wilkinson later met the ex-captain and two others, who were in partnership, and discussed the proposal, after which Wilkinson hand,ed over £SOOO as his share of the venture. The schemer failed to keep the next appointment and Scotland Yard, on Wilkinson's description, identified two of the party as notorious swindlers.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18238, 24 November 1924, Page 9
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108THE CONFIDENCE TRICK. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18238, 24 November 1924, Page 9
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