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Son's appeal for OAP mum hit by scam
Edinburgh Evening News
|May 06, 2025
Edinburgh pensioner Christine Shaw fell victim to scammers when she bought an airline ticket to America for a dream holiday.
Her disabled son stepped in to pay for the flight despite being unemployed and reliant on benefits. But it has left him struggling to pay off the debt and now he is trying to recoup some of the money via a GoFundMe page.
Paul Shaw, 50, from Granton, said his 75-year-old mother googled air travel to Orlando, Florida, and paid £660 for a flight with United Airlines. But when they turned up at the airport, the airline had no record of her booking.
This story is from the May 06, 2025 edition of Edinburgh Evening News.
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