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    11

    Jan 2021

    Last Updated: 11/01/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    Police appeal for help finding fraudsters who conned woman, 80

    by John Plummer

    | 11 Jan, 2021
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    The suspects, who pretended to be from a disability service, took three bank cards and subsequently made fraudulent transactions subsequently in Ripon and Darlington.

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    Fraudsters pretending to be from a disability service stole three bank cards from a woman in her 80s in Summerbridge.

    Police in Harrogate today issued a CCTV appeal to find the man and woman responsible.

    The suspects took three bank cards and subsequently made fraudulent transactions in Ripon and Darlington.

    The incident occurred on Hartwith Bank at around 4.45pm on October 14.

    A North Yorkshire Police statement said:

    "We are appealing for information which will help to identify the suspects, including anyone who recognises the person in the CCTV image, which is from TK Maxx in Darlington around an hour after the incident.





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    Anyone with information can contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2, and ask for Katie Bell.

    You can also email katarina.bell@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk.

    If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

    Quote the North Yorkshire Police reference number 12200181553.