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Police are urging people to stay vigilant to scammers(Image: John Myers)<\/p>\nIt’s the second incident in Cardiff within weeksPolice are urging people to stay vigilant to scammers(Image: John Myers)<\/p>\n
A 78-year-old man from Cardiff has fallen victim to a scam after a man turned up at his doorstep pretending to a police officer. It happened on Monday in the St Mellons area of the city.<\/p>\n
This latest incident comes after an 80-year-old man from Riverside had \u00a316,000 allegedly stolen from his home last week. Police said the man received a call convincing him he was speaking to police officers before telling him to withdraw \u00a316,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
Police explained that someone then allegedly arrived at the house and snatched it from his hands.<\/p>\n
Nawaf Abdullahi, from Islington in London, has been charged in connection with both incidents. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/p>\n Abdullahi appeared at Cardiff<\/a> Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 11, charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group.<\/p>\n The 20-year-old was remanded in custody for a further hearing at Cardiff Crown Court<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n Detective Superintendent Tom Moore, from South Wales Police<\/a>, said: “This investigation highlights our commitment to protecting the vulnerable from fraud.<\/p>\n “As always we urge people to remain vigilant, to look out for vulnerable relatives and report incidents to police.”<\/p>\n South Wales Police have also reiterated their message that genuine police will never send a courier to your home to collect cash, bank cards, or any other valuable goods.<\/p>\n Police will also never ask you to participate in an investigation that requires you to withdraw money from your bank.<\/p>\n You can contact South Wales Police by calling 101, by sending them a message on their social media channels, or via their website. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, by calling 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n Get daily breaking news<\/strong> updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the second incident in Cardiff within weeksPolice are urging people to stay vigilant to scammers(Image: John Myers)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,30,4884,14884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-418338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-south-wales-police","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115191133436508326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418338","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=418338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}