Identity scam scuppered when country postie ‘smelled a rat’

Living in a small town can have its advantages when it comes to the rising problem of identity fraud

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Knowing everybody by name is a matter of course in small country towns, and at a time when rural residents are more prone than city dwellers to scams it is proving useful in preventing identity fraud.

Last month, in the western New South Wales town of Gilgandra - population 4,200 - local post office licensee Stuart Border smelled a rat".