CONFIDENCE TRICK

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1929, Page 3

CONFIDENCE TRICK

U 1 •;;;• ;i i’i M'ELLINGTQN I (MAN FALLS-. IN> (By, Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

■M . ! iUONDON, July 20. Mr M. Dixon, of Wellington, New Zealand, has been tricked out j of £750 by confidence men here. He has been, staying at a London hotel. The story; of'Jhe .confidence - inen./was that .they-..had a fortune to distribute among charities. -“i.-.would.like, to see the confidence man who could take me down,” was what Mr Dixon told ,the/' confidence trickster who relieved him Of £750. Mr Dixon stated later that he considered himself to he proof against any confidence man. He had travelled for four months through various parts of Europe before reaching Lon-, do'ifi, - lint hig' had only been in London '■ for' three days before lie fell to '\lie' ‘inhSritaircd -'trick." • • ■ ■

He said: “I do not know what my friends in Australia and New Zealand will think of me for being such ,a, Jool, but I guarantee that nine .out of ten of anyone 1 know would have fallen. All through I was guarded and suspicious, 'but at the last moment, the whole thing looked so real, that I handed over the money.” He adds:—My advice to Australians and New Zealanders coming to London is: Do not hand over any money to anyone!”