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# Warning after elderly couple are targeted by bogus caller pretending to be a nurse
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/warning-after-elderly-couple-are-targeted-by-bogus-caller-pretending-to-be-a-nurse/
- Published: 2020-10-05T07:43:10.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-05T07:43:28.000Z
- Description: Police are warning people to be on their guard after an elderly couple in Barton-under-Needwood were targeted by a bogus official.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

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Police are warning people to be on their guard after an elderly couple in Barton-under-Needwood were targeted by a bogus official.

They were called on 1st October by a call from someone saying a community nurse needed to visit them.

A woman dressed as a nurse then visited their property on 2nd October offering to sell them medical aids and other equipment worth £2,800.

PCSO Sean Elliott said:

> “Thankfully the residents became very suspicious and the female offender drove off in a 10-plate registration blue Audi.  
>  
> “No money was taken, however the woman was very plausible and looked like a smartly-dressed nurse.  
>  
> “Please make any of your elderly or vulnerable family or friends aware of this scam.”  
>  
> PCSO Sean Elliott

Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting incident 125 of 02/09/2020.