Police Issue Bogus Caller Warning ; a Young Gang of Workmen Who Offered to Clean a Paignton Pensioner's Driveway for Pounds3.50 and Then Later Charged Her Pounds350 Are Being Sought by Bay Police.

Herald Express; Torquay (UK) › November 17, 2007

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A young gang of workmen who offered to clean a Paignton pensioner's driveway for pounds3.50 and then later charged her pounds350 are being sought by Bay police.

The incident at Broadsands has triggered a warning, especially to the elderly and older people living alone, to beware of workmen who turn up uninvited, offering cheap rates for gardening and household jobs.

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Police Issue Bogus Caller Warning ; a Young Gang of Workmen Who Offered to Clean a Paignton Pensioner's Driveway for Pounds3.50 and Then Later Charged Her Pounds350 Are Being Sought by Bay Police.

PC Glenn Chambers, the Broadsands neighbourhood beat...

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