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Article: Fire Service warns of swindle
- Article from:
- The Press
- Article date:
- August 27, 1998
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A man wanting sponsors for a fire-safety brochure is ripping
people off, the Fire Service says.
The Regional Fire Safety Manager, Graeme Daikee, said a man using
the Fire Service name had been falsely marketing a fire-safety
brochure in the Sydenham and Merivale areas.
Two people contacted The Press yesterday, concerned that the man
might be conning other people.
A photographer said the man had called her and said he was from
the Fire Service Commission and had advertising space free in a
brochure going to print.
He said he needed $200 and one of her photographs as soon as
possible. She agreed as she had been the victim of a house fire 12
years ago.
She gave him a cheque and the photo, but ...