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Miklos Bolza

REVEALED: Fake crime squad duped elderly in letterbox scam - The Real Truth

Elderly people were scammed into placing bank cards and cash into their letterboxes. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

After days on the phone with a man falsely claiming to be from PayPal's fraud department, an elderly woman was convinced to place $5000 in cash in her letterbox.

A NSW Police investigation into the scam later uncovered a brazen attempt to email and call senior citizens with a ruse about their bank accounts being hacked before several were persuaded to leave out credit and debit cards, and money.

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