Police are hunting for two men after an elderly man 'was defrauded of a large sum of money'.
In January, detectives commenced an investigation into reports an 81-year-old man had lost a considerable amount of his savings to a scam operation.Over the course of a few days, between January 25 and January 31, the man had been contacted more than once by people posing online and in person as ambassadors for a computer company.Police would like to speak to two men as part of their investigation into the scamming of an elderly man.
Detectives have since released the CCTV footage of the pair they said may be able to assist with their investigation.One of the men was seen wearing a grey hooded tracksuit jacket and pants, white shoes, a black cap and a face mask.It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed the “sizeable” increase in credit, debit and EFTPOS car fraud, with an estimated $2.2 billion syphoned from personal accounts in 2023.
ABS head of crime and justice statistics William Milne said the ABS had seen a “sizeable increase” in bank card fraud and said the victims tended to be older people.
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