{"id":221104,"date":"2025-06-28T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221104\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:38:14","slug":"police-issue-photo-after-birmingham-woman-scammed-out-of-45k-by-man-posing-as-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221104\/","title":{"rendered":"Police issue photo after Birmingham woman scammed out of \u00a345k by man posing as officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sutton Coldfield victim handed over cash and bank cards to an unidentified courier as he claimed she was part of a police investigation\"AA police appeal for information, the force said they want to speak to this man(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n

Police have launched an appeal after a woman was scammed out of \u00a345,000 as a man posed as a police officer.<\/p>\n

The victim, who is from Sutton Coldfield, ended up handing over cash and bank cards to an ‘unidentified courier’.<\/p>\n

She had been tricked by someone pretending to be an officer, with the man claiming she was part of a police investigation.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> Birmingham’s knife crime crisis – the truth of the problem and how you can help<\/a><\/p>\n

We need to talk about knife crime<\/p>\n

Kids aged 12 are being killed here in Birmingham. Our children need action, and they need it now.<\/p>\n

We’ve spent three months investigating the root causes of knife crime to understand the risks our kids face.<\/p>\n

We spent time with those on the front line for our exclusive report, Deep Cuts. Read here<\/a> to see exactly why we’re pushing for these changes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Free <\/strong>after-school clubs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When school ends, kids become vulnerable to the streets<\/p>\n

2. More talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would you know if your child was being exploited by a gang?<\/p>\n

3. Social media controls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence. Gangs. Bullying. Kids need shielding from the online dangers4. Tougher sentences for knife possession<\/strong><\/p>\n

There has to be a deterrent for young people5.<\/strong> Real punishment for weapon sellers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlimited fines for those selling knives to underage kids<\/p>\n

She was contacted by the man several times in November last year, with her eventually handing over a total of \u00a345,000.<\/p>\n

Police have today, June 28, shared a photo of a man they believe may be able to help with their investigation.<\/p>\n

An appeal from the force read: “We\u2019d like to speak to him after a woman in Sutton Coldfield<\/a> was scammed out of \u00a345,000.<\/p>\n

“The woman was a victim of courier fraud, tricked by someone pretending to be a police officer. Several times during November 2024, a man claiming to be an officer contacted the woman saying she was part of a police investigation.<\/p>\n

“Subsequent conversations led the woman to hand over cash and bank cards to an unidentified courier, eventually leading to the loss of \u00a345,000.<\/p>\n

“We appreciate this isn\u2019t the clearest image, but we\u2019re hoping someone who was in the area might recognise this man and be able to help with our investigation.”<\/p>\n

Anyone who has information can contact police on 101 quoting crime number 20\/982451\/24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sutton Coldfield victim handed over cash and bank cards to an unidentified courier as he claimed she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,7829,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-221104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sutton-coldfield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}