Police warning after ‘broken down car’ scammers reported in Leeds
Residents are being urged to be wary of con artists who tried to persuade a woman to part with £500 in cash at the roadside.
The warning, from West Yorkshire Police in Leeds Outer East, comes after a woman passed a broken down car in Wakefield Road, Garforth, and offered to help yesterday morning.
A man stood with the car claimed to be out of petrol and said he urgently needed to get to Glasgow.
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Hide AdHe offered the woman an amount of gold jewellery if she would withdraw £500 from a cash machine and give it to him, but she declined.
There were two Asian males involved, one aged around 20 and one believed to be in his 50s.
A police spokesperson said: “If anyone has been a victim of this or can add any further information please telephone 101.”