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Identity Appeal After Woman Scammed In Hove

Police want to identify this man in relation to an incident in Blatchington Road, Hove.

At around 1pm on Monday, May 9, a man approached a woman as she sat in her car and told her a parking attendant had taken a photo of the car and she was about to get a fine.

He walked her over to a parking machine and appeared to be helping her get a ticket, however, he was actually collecting the data from her bank card.

He told the woman that the machine had taken her card and she'd have to wait 10 minutes to get it back.

Around 30 minutes later her card was used to withdraw £500 from a cashpoint machine at the Post Office on Blatchington Road.

The man police want to speak with is described as being aged between 20-30, middle eastern, around 5’4” slight build, with short black hair and wore large black rimmed glasses.

He was wearing a white t-shirt underneath a dark blue or black body warmer, blue jeans, black trainers and wore a surgical covid mask underneath his chin.

Anyone with information which could help officers with their investigation is asked to contact police online or call 101 quoting serial number 1293 of 09/05.

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