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Boiler room scams destroy lives yet police blame victims

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imageAppearances are deceiving: the Gold Coast has a reputation as the capital of sophisticated "boiler room" investment scams.Flickr/Aristocrats-hat, CC BY

Queensland’s Gold Coast has the dubious reputation of being the nation’s investment fraud capital, particularly for boiler room scams, a fact supported by the Queensland Organised Crime...

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