Manchester pet owner duped in desperate search for missing budgie
A devastated pet owner from Manchester has been conned out of £500 after a fake company promised to provide drones
Audenshaw fraudster scams £13,000 in falsely claimed benefits – woman ordered to repay every penny
Lorna Mae Scott pleaded guilty at Tameside Magistrates’ Court, Ashton, on October 2
Brave bystander brings Salford ATM conmen to justice – chasing down thieves who fiddled cash machine
Codreanu was jailed for 15 months and Caldararu for six months
Manchester benefit cheat trio caught swindling more than £50,000 from taxpayers
Madelene Jones, Michael Healey and Kelly Robinson were all charged
Imposter policemen and fake bank staff drain accounts of unsuspecting Manchester residents in phone scam
Legitimate banks would never ask for PIN numbers over the phone
‘You’ve brought discredit to the force’: Greater Manchester police officer jailed over insurance claims scam
Inspector Mohammed Raziq made false insurance and mortgage claims
Identity fraud rife in Altrincham, as it is named worst area outside of London for crimes
Area recorded 13 incidents for every 10,000 adults
Scamming father and son con Bury pensioners into handing over thousands for shoddy building work
Father was jailed and son fined on Friday
Fraudsters pose as police to con elderly Stockport couple in bank card scam
Similar scam had earlier been attemped in Ashton-under-Lyne
Benefit cheat, 60, sentenced after swindling Rochdale Council for more than £13,000 in housing fraud
Liam McGinty created false tenancy at house he bought
Trusting Salford pensioner made to feel ‘scared and intimidated’ by fraudster who posed as decorator to steal cash
Conman demanded money from vulnerable 80-year-old