hollydolly
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Isn't it astonishing that fraudsters will stop at nothing... so although I'd like to hope no-one here would fall for any fraud like this, please warn anyone you know who may be eldely or vulnerable to watch out for conmen or women who might try to scare them into parting with money under the guise of administering the new vaccine
from the media today....
Police are hunting a fraudster who injected a pensioner with a fake vaccine before demanding £160 for the useless jab.
A 92-year-old woman was jabbed in the arm with a 'dart-like implement' after a man claiming to be an NHS worker knocked on her door in South London, saying he was administering vaccines in the area.
The conman then asked for £160, which the victim paid as he said it would be reimbursed by the NHS, before leaving her home around 2pm on December 30.
Five days later he returned to the pensioner's home in Surbiton, south London and demanded another £100.
It is not yet known what substance, if any, was injected, but the victim was later checked over at her local hospital and has suffered no ill effects following her ordeal, police said.
Yesterday the City of London Police's asked for the public's help in tracing the fraudster amid fears he may have duped other pensioners and vulnerable people.
Detective Inspector Kevin Ives from the City of London Police's Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit said: 'This is a disgusting and totally unacceptable assault on a member of the public which won't be tolerated.
from the media today....
Police are hunting a fraudster who injected a pensioner with a fake vaccine before demanding £160 for the useless jab.
A 92-year-old woman was jabbed in the arm with a 'dart-like implement' after a man claiming to be an NHS worker knocked on her door in South London, saying he was administering vaccines in the area.
The conman then asked for £160, which the victim paid as he said it would be reimbursed by the NHS, before leaving her home around 2pm on December 30.
Five days later he returned to the pensioner's home in Surbiton, south London and demanded another £100.
It is not yet known what substance, if any, was injected, but the victim was later checked over at her local hospital and has suffered no ill effects following her ordeal, police said.
Yesterday the City of London Police's asked for the public's help in tracing the fraudster amid fears he may have duped other pensioners and vulnerable people.
Detective Inspector Kevin Ives from the City of London Police's Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit said: 'This is a disgusting and totally unacceptable assault on a member of the public which won't be tolerated.
