He added that this type of fraud could impact victims both financially and psychologically. The victims never receive such money, with the fraudster keeping the down payment.ĭetective Senior Sergeant Jason Venturoni said that when it comes to investigating online scams, they “leave no stone unturned”. This scam appears to be a variation of what is known as ‘advance-fee fraud’, where victims are promised a significant sum of money later if they just provide a small upfront fee now. He has been granted bail, and will appear before the Melbourne Committal Court in February 2022.
The fraud ran from September 2017 to October 2021, before coming to an end, when police arrested the man in November. That Sierra Leone is one of the largest diamond producing countries in the world may have made the man’s story more plausible, and prompted alleged victims to invest. Design Improvements simplify CAD for CAM and deliver greater practical design tools for shop-floor programmers. The man was charged with more than 150 offences, including obtaining property by deception. New 2D/3D Milling Features improve toolpath efficiency and control with variable stock to leave, feed rate control, undercut support, and stock awareness enhancements. He is accused of scamming three people by offering them the opportunity to ‘invest’ in his mine. Put a marker on the map by typing an address. Click the button below and a marker shows up on the map indicating your location. For the past four years the man, from Melbourne’s south-east, claimed that he owned a diamond mine in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Sierra Nevada & Foothills Cameras (report fire start) To get Lat/Long anywhere on the map, click the button below to turn the cursor into a crosshair (+), then click on the map.