Police warning over latest motoring scam

Police are keen

to make local people aware of an ongoing scam that has been operating

nationwide which now appears to be happening in the local area following some

recent reports by members of the public.

The scam is

being carried out by eastern European men and one woman. One man will flag

down a passing motorist and say that he has run out of fuel. The member of the

public often hands over £10.

The man is then

joined by a second eastern European man and woman who try a hard sell of gold

jewellery.

They are using

two vehicles, one is a new Mercedes in silver, on German plates and the other

is a red Vauxhall Corsa, or similar, on British plates.

PC Andrew Watson

said: “All of the people involved become aggressive towards the public and are

quite forceful.  It would appear that a number of people have handed over

their money to these offenders.

“They are

travelling throughout the force area and are using large lay-bys for their

scam”

Police are advising members of the public to be aware of this and to

report any sightings to the police as soon as possible so we can deal with

them.