{"id":69026,"date":"2017-10-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buster-jack-the-ebay-vigilantes-who-are-outconning-the-con-men\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:03:23","slug":"buster-jack-the-ebay-vigilantes-who-are-outconning-the-con-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buster-jack-the-ebay-vigilantes-who-are-outconning-the-con-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Buster Jack: the eBay vigilantes who are outconning the con men"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA secretive network of \u2018bank busters\u2019 have made it their mission to help shut down accounts used by internet fraudstersLike thousands of other truck drivers, the first thing Alan Davies reaches for when he is on a break is his mobile. But unlike his colleagues he\u2019s less interested in the football scores or chatting on Facebook. Instead he is posing as a gullible buyer on eBay with one intention \u2013 getting scammers to hand over their bank details, accounts that his group will subsequently ask the banks to shut down.Davies \u2013 not his real name \u2013 is one of a growing band of guardian angels who spend their spare time engaging with the mostly east European gangs that are trying to scam unsuspecting UK consumers on an almost industrial scale. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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