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
Elaborate plot almost tricks woman, 78, into handing credit cards over to con artists on Stretford doorstep
Fraudsters posed as police detectives
Cardboard shotgun robber jailed: Thug raided Manchester newsagents with ‘weapon’ in carrier bag
Nicholas Alphonso Hinds was jailed for ten years
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
Bolton florist fraudsters steal phone book in bid to con customers out of thousands with bogus refunds
Phone book was stolen from Westwells Florist
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
Snapped: Suspected NHS fraudsters target grieving woman at Bury WAKE to steal mobile phone
CCTV images have been released in hunt