A hardworking Aussie family has been robbed of half a million dollars – after being tricked into investing in an elaborate banking scam.
Jody and Corey Bridges spent years working hard and being smart with their money to plan for their daughters’ futures.
“We used to work five jobs between us. I’m a school teacher and then I used to tutor every afternoon,” Jody said.
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“My husband has his own landscaping business and pretty much works 18 hour days six days a week.”
After selling a property, the couple had one million dollars they were ready to invest.
“A few friends told me about some government bonds which basically gives you a little bit more of a return than a deposit in a bank,” Jody said.
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Jody is a maths teacher, so she did her homework and found a website for Capel Court Finance – which Google search results suggest is part of ANZ.
“I thought I was dealing with a company that was affiliated with ANZ bank and after two months of back and forth communication, emails, phone calls, legitimate web pages, they walked me through everything I invested some money,” Jody said.
The mother-of-three even rang ASIC to check the company’s ABN.
“Everything was black and white, all under ANZ’s ABN and…
