WA:Fraud home sale hits WA again

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2011
WA:Fraud home sale hits WA again

Police say early indications in the case of another house in Perth being sold without
the knowledge of its owner, suggest the frauds may have been orchestrated from Nigeria.

A year after a man's Perth home was sold without his permission, West Australian Lands
Minister BRENDON GRYLLS says authorities are looking at claims it's happened again.

ROGER MILDENHALL'S 485 thousand dollar investment property was sold in June last year
while he was in Cape Town, after a real estate agent was conned by scammers posing as
the owner.

Police have confirmed they're investigating the alleged sale of a house some time between
February and April this year, again without the knowledge of the owner and while they
were overseas.

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KEYWORD: SCAMMERS (PERTH)

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