Tongan flight scam tricks overstayers

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Police believe people as far away as the South Island may have been subject to a scam when 100 Tongans turned up at Auckland Airport last week to collect airline tickets that never existed.

The group paid a fraudulent immigration adviser $250 each for return airfares from Auckland to Tonga.

Waikato police today said they had been contacted by 15 people who had bought the tickets but were aware of many more in Auckland and others as far away as Wellington and the South Island.

Police are working to establish the extent of the scam and want to hear from anyone who fell victim to it.

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