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Vancouver apartment redundant when your doing business in Asia?
An elderly lottery addict called Chang, who lives in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung has fallen prey to fraudulent lottery scams 11 times in two years, reports Earth Times.
The 66-year-old man, believed it was true every time he received notification that he had won a big lottery prize, police said.
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"He has been cheated 11 times and swindled out of 3.45 million Taiwan dollars ($100 000) in the past two years," a police spokeswoman for the police anti-fraud hotline revealed.
She said despite his record of being cheated, the man actually believed he could get all the money back if just one of the prizes would actually pay off.
"He kept coming back to report yet another fraud, despite our repeated persuasion that he must seek our help for clarification before wiring out the so-called 10 percent of the prize claiming tax," she said.
Bodog online gambling group founder Calvin Ayre, whom unconfirmed reports suggest is now involved in a new Asian gambling venture (see previous InfoPowa report) apparently has no need for his luxurious double-volume Vancouver apartment, which has gone on sale, reports the Vancouver Sun newspaper.
Reporter David Baines, who has diligently followed the activities of the one-time billionaire, says that the asking price for the Yaletown property, which apparently has panoramic views of the city, is Cdn$10 million. The condo is described as covering 5 000 square feet, and boasts six baths, private outdoor decks, a 25-foot-high living room ceiling, a large wine cellar, a panic room and three parking spaces.
The luxurious condo is on the market fully furnished and prospective buyers are invited to view more detail at the website of the Carros realty company.
Baines, who has clearly done some research of his own, opines that the Ayre property may be overpriced, and claims that the assessed value is only Cdn$ 4.8 million.
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