Major scam warning as heartless thieves con OAP out of £800 after bullying him into paying FAKE parking fine

THIEVES stole £800 from an OAP after convincing him he needed to pay a parking fine. 

The two men told the pensioner, in his 80s, that he was parked on the road illegally when he was sat in his car and demanded he pay a penalty.

They said it could be cancelled later if he showed a valid disability badge and took him to a cash point to get the money in Ewell, Surrey. 

But they ran off with his card and withdrew the £800 from a different cashpoint in Epsom after a member of the public told the victim he was being scammed on Wednesday, reported.

Surrey Police said: "Thanks to the quick thinking of some alert members of the public, an elderly man was rescued from would be fraudsters.

"Unfortunately, the thieves managed to get away with about £800 in cash after the suspects approached the victim, who was in his 80s, when he was sat in his car on Ruxley Lane at around 11.55am.

"The two men, who have been described as Asian and wearing all black clothing, claimed that the victim was parked illegally and he would need to pay a fine which could later be cancelled if he showed a valid disability badge.

"A member of the public noticed the man being taken to the cash machine by the suspects and realising something was up, approached them and told the victim that he was being scammed. The suspects then ran off.

"The card was later used to withdraw £800 from a cash point at Barclays Bank in Epsom."

Last week we reported how a first-time mum was given a £60 parking fine while giving birth.

We also told how drivers were hitting out at a council car park which had 130 different fees.

And another driver got a £100 parking ticket after an attendant locked him in the car park.