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The mark believed he was guaranteed to double his $200,000 when he handed it over to two members of the gang, who stood up to excuse themselves to go to the bathroom and vanished into thin air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“An important part of the scam is building a relationship with the victim, so they trust the perpetrators and believe that they will win a fortune on a hand that can’t lose,\u201d said Lipscombe. \u201cBut in the end the money is lost and, in this case, a senior member of our community has handed over his life savings.<\/p>\n
“These fraudsters who are preying on unsuspecting tourists are probably part of an international organised crime gang so they are not the type of people anyone wants to get involved with, and victims could also be putting their safety at risk.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tourists visiting Bali have been urged to beware of confidence tricksters bearing decks of cards, after one man lost his life savings after being duped into believing he held an unbeatable hand in a bogus high-stakes card game. The man, a 66-year-old from Perth in Western Australia, was suckered into parting with $200,000, having been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":72158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Tourists Warned of Bali Card Game Scam After Man Loses Life Savings<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n