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Terror link to cash card con Victims of a card-cloning scam in Leigh could be unwittingly funding international terrorism. Victims in the town have had money withdrawn from their bank accounts at locations throughout the Middle East, Africa and Europe, sparking fears terrorists could be the beneficiaries of the serious organised crime. Among the sites police are investigating in connection with cloning scam is the Snax 24 petrol station, in the Fairway, Leigh, which a number of people visited around the time their cards were cloned. Among the victims was retired Metropolitan Police officer Len Stanley, 51. Mr Stanley, of Fairleigh Drive, Leigh, had £2,000 withdrawn from his account at the International Bank of Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon. He said: "My entire pension had gone and some savings - about £2,000. My money was taken out of the International Bank of Hamas, in Beirut." Hamas is the majority governing Palestinian movement, but it is outlawed in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000. An Essex Police spokeswoman said she was unable to comment on what the money from the scam was being used for, but confirmed an investigation was ongoing. 1:42pm Thursday 4th January 2007 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
