DETECTIVES are investigating after an elderly woman was targeted by a bogus workman.
The victim, a 74-year-old woman, lost a large amount of cash when she was tricked into letting a man claiming to be a workman into her home.
The man called at the victim’s house in Swale Avenue, Harrogate, at about 10.30am on Monday, February 7, and claimed he needed to test the water.
The offender turned on the tap in the kitchen and asked the victim to keep her hand on it while he went upstairs to test the water.
The man then entered the living room and stole her purse containing a large sum of money and also took cash which had been kept upstairs.
The man, who is described as white, aged in his 20s, with black curly or bushy hair, then made his excuses and left.
Anyone with informarion is urged to phone Det Con Scott Nugent, of Harrogate CID, on 0845 6060247.
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