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Con artist posing as cop bilks elderly Swiss woman of 45,000 francs
ZURICH A fraudster persuaded a 75-year-old Swiss woman to transfer 45,000 francs ($46,225) to him as a "police officer" supposedly taking part in a nationwide program to guard elderly people against telephone scams.
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