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Media couple victims of bizarre banking scam
A "large Polynesian woman" has been pretending to be Kate Hawkesby's daughter in order to cash cheques worth thousands of dollars.

Facebook hacker not living in NZ - police
Police have no evidence that a Russian hacker who posed as a Kiwi girl to sell Facebook login information has ever been to NZ.

Rogue trader: 'I was only a prostitute in great banking orgy'
France's €5 billion rogue trader says his losses should be blamed on a world banking industry "disconnected from reality".

Trade Me con nets $51,000
A Napier man has been jailed after scamming more than $51,000 from Trade Me users, the biggest fraud by an individual to hit the website.

Cellphone scammers' text con
Mobile phone users are being warned about a scam that tells people they have won thousands and fish for bank details via text message.

Green Acres faces $8m compensation claim
A group claiming to be victims of an alleged Green Acres franchise scam are suing the firm for millions of dollars in compensation.

Aussie internet whiz kid locked up in Vegas
Australian internet entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff is facing serious charges in Las Vegas.

Britain's National Gallery to show its forgeries
A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple are to go on show.