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A red-faced council has apologised after it was conned out of £9,000 after falling for an online scam.
Officials at Harlech Community Council in North Wales made a 'advance payment' to a man named Oluwafeni Odunuga for 'consultative work'.
But the tiny council later realised it had been conned - and lost around 10 per cent of its annual budget in the scam.
A red-faced council has apologised after it was conned out of £9,000 after falling for an online scam.
Officials at Harlech Community Council in North Wales made a 'advance payment' to a man named Oluwafeni Odunuga for 'consultative work'.
But the tiny council later realised it had been conned - and lost around 10 per cent of its annual budget in the scam.
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