Watch This Fake gold fraudsters caught on CCTV: Con artists escape with cash after scamming pawnbroker By Lucinda Herbert Published 28th Jun 2024, 05:30 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now This video More videos CCTV shows the moment a pair of smartly-dressed fraudsters escaped with cash after conning a pawnbroker with a sleight-of-hand fake gold swap. This was the moment a pawnbroker was conned into buying fake bullion bars by a man and a woman who used an elaborate trick. Security footage shows how the man used sleight of hand and managed to switch the bag of real gold for fake gold right under the nose of the unsuspecting shop owner.
Gold swapped by sleight of hand Paul Wood, 58, was left ‘devastated’ by the scam. The pair, believed to be Eastern European, said they wanted to sell some 9-carat gold, which Paul handled and weighed before agreeing to pay them £1,765. The couple then fled the scene with the money from Church Street Gold Pottery and Furniture, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.
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