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Fraudsters demand £3000 in cash from elderly Scots couple and claim to be from HMRC

06.02.2021 - 14:25

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Police have launched a probe after an elderly couple in Dundee were scammed out of £3000 by sick fraudsters.Cops are appealing for information after the OAPs were targeted by the callous criminals in the Lochee area of the city on Wednesday morning.Two men arrived at the home of a 76-year-old man and 74-year-old woman in Greenlee Drive and told them they were from HMRC.The pair alleged they were investigating instances of unpaid VAT for labourer work and scammed the couple of £3,000.The fraudsters demanded the money in cash and threatened the couple that they would be arrested if they did not pay immediately.The first suspect is described as 5ft 10in, of stocky build, around 50-years-old, with short grey hair and a Dundonian accent.

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