Online scams are everywhere it seems, and in some cases layers of deception can lure people into handing over large sums of money. One Victorian woman fell for one of these scams, paying money into an investment account she believed had been set up in her name. Despite victims reporting the scam to police there have been no prosecutions and the money is still missing. National consumer affairs reporter Michael Atkin and Loretta Florence report.

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