Fraud / Deception (687)

Police are releasing CCTV images of two people they would like to talk to about the use of fake £20 notes in Havant.

The notes were discovered by staff at Kiosk News, Greywell Shopping Centre on two separate occasions last year.

A man came into the store on October 31 and tried to pay for goods with a fake note.

E-fit issued after rogue trader targets pensioner in Whitstable

The woman paid £5,000 for work that was never carried out Kent Police has issued an e-fit of a man they would like to speak to after a pensioner paid £5,000 in cash for clearance work that was never carried out.

Police are appealing to members of the public to help identify a woman they would like to speak with in connection with a theft at a cash point in Welwyn Garden City.

On Friday, January 20 a woman was at a bank in Howardsgate between 2pm and 2.30pm.

Whilst attempting to pay in some money, the woman became distracted and left her card in the machine.

Police have released CCTV images of men they need to trace after fraud offences in Newcastle city centre.

Over the past two weekends in January police have received reports where people have reported having their bank cards stolen in pubs and clubs and then later finding they had been used to withdraw cash and buy items.

Officers investigating the fraudulent purchase of a Rolex watch worth £4,500 have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to.

The man went into a jewellers and pawnbrokers in St Peter's Street, Canterbury, at about 4.40pm on 5 December 2011 and asked to buy the watch.

Investigating officer PC Andy Palmer said:

Police investigating a distraction theft in Redditch have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to trace.

It happened between 11am and 11.45am on Monday 16th January at Tesco, Coldfield Drive.

The victim, who is in her 50s, was putting her shopping in her car when she was approached by a woman who asked her for directions and showed her a map.

Police have issued a CCTV image of man they would like to identify and trace after an incident of fraud in Leicester.

Officers have received a report of a man using forged Scottish notes to purchase items from the Cradock Arms Public House in Knighton Road just after 5pm on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Detectives today released CCTV images of two people they would like to speak to after an elderly pensioner had her purse stolen in Kings Heath.

The offence took place on 28 December 2011 at approximately 11.00am, where CCTV pictures show the 76-year-old woman withdrawing money from a cash machine inside the Nationwide Building society on Alcester Road South.

Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a conman who posed as a car dealer from Bolton.

Pawel Julian Gieburowski (born 15/03/88), originally from Poland, is wanted in connection with a high-value fraud.

He advertised cars for sale on a specialist website used by professional car traders and which requires a paid subscription.

Police are releasing the CCTV image of a man and a woman officer would like to speak with in connection with a fraud offence in Watford.

At around 5.55pm on Sunday, December 4, a ‘skimming' device has been attached to the card reader of a cash point in St Albans Road, Watford.

PC Amy Tarver is investigating and said:

Detectives at Surrey Police are keen to trace a man captured on CCTV who may be able to help them with their investigation after several hundred pounds was fraudulently withdrawn from stolen bank cards.

Police have today released the image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a series of fraud offences committed in Barrow before Christmas.

Police are releasing a CCTV still of two men they would like to speak with in connection with an offence of fraud in Watford.

At around 1pm on December 21, a woman in her 50s received a call from a man claiming to be from her bank.

He asked her for her PIN, which she gave to the man.

Police have released images of a man they would like to speak to after six women were approached by a bogus shop security guard.

There have been six reported suspicious incidents to date - four on Monday (9 January 2012) and two yesterday (12 January 2012) - in which a man has approached females of Chinese appearance as they have arrived home after shopping trips.

North Yorkshire Police have released CCTV images of a suspect who allegedly stole thousands of pounds from a Whitby man.

The suspect is pictured at 10.25am on 22 November 2011 entering the London Bridge branch of Barclay's Bank in Southwark, South London, and withdrawing money he is suspected of fraudulently obtaining from the victim.