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Aussies stunned by $800 hotel scam

News.com.au reports the scam cost Australians eight hundred dollars each, and the details remain thin; a hotel is involved, and that is all we have.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow, a scam in Australia, where News dot com dot au says Aussies are stunned by an eight hundred dollar hotel scam.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterEight hundred dollars, Hank! Which hotel? What was on the pillow? Who held the key?

  3. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNobody is telling us anything, and I am sweating through my blazer!

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause that's all we have. A hotel, a scam, and eight hundred dollars.

  5. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterSo the eight hundred dollars is our only witness, and it's gone!

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe money was the victim, Rosa. It can't testify. Rex, you've got scores, so tell me nobody got scammed.

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