Coronavirus conman barges in on 83-year-old woman

Trading standards officers said cases of doorstep crime and other scams were rising, and urged family and neighbours to look out for the vulnerable, albeit from an appropriate distance. With only about 5% of scams reported to the authorities, they are also encouraging people to come forward if they have been targeted so cases can be investigated.

Louise Baxter, head of the NTS scams team, said:"As people stay indoors to prevent the spread of Covid-19, criminals are preying on people in vulnerable situations who are isolated and living alone.Warning of spike in scams linked to crisis Some have their passports, ID and money taken by gangmasters who then put them to work, paying them poorly or not at all.for fraud and cyber crimeTrading standards officers, who would normally visit victims, alongside other support charities and possibly police officers are themselves stretched and subject to social distancing guidelines.

Officers were able to issue advice remotely, and community forums were playing a vital role in issuing warnings, she said.Alongside doorstep crime, there have been widespread warnings about online, text and telephone scams which use coronavirus as a trigger to attempt to steal personal information and drain bank accounts.

Pressure the Police to find him

Bang up for life or death penalty now scum

And giving Virus free 'passports' will be another good stunt from this bankrupt Conservative govt..

UTTER, utter scum

Tw

Waste of skin, prison is too good for it 😡

I would love it if he was dubbed up with me

Trust no-one, especially your government and the BBC

Sadly reporting this will lead to copycats.

When the lock down is over in london ?

Terrible!

There really.are some people in this world who are a waste of oxygen..we should be cutting off their supply.

What is wrong with people? If your drugs are that important rob someone young person don’t fucking do this to a elderly woman

Please tell us this elderly lady lives in the woods and no cctv about to catch this evil scoundrel. The BBC news twitter feed is all over the place. I have followed you for 7 years and not once did I ever encounter a problem seeing your tweets, only in the last couple of weeks..

Shoot the bastard!

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