Beware the M4 conman

[the village idiot]

Hi Folks,

 

Just a quick heads up, although I'm sure none of you will be as ridiculously gullible as I was!

 

I was driving back to Suffolk from Bristol yesterday after a music festival. At the Leigh Delamere services I was approached by a chap with a fuel can who needed a lift back to his broken down land rover.

 

During the journey he spun a very elaborate and frankly damn impressive story about his unfortunate plight, even receiving calls on his mobile from the Highways Agency.

 

The upshot of it all is, I trusted him completely and being the absolute naive numpty that I am 'lent' him £250 to get him back on his way.

 

Doing some research back at home I soon realised I had been conned hook, line and sinker.

He purports to be called Larry Grant from Penzance, but is actually called Paul James and is from Taunton. He has recently been released from prison for conning thousands of pounds from other motorists in exactly the same fashion.

 

As you can imagine I feel a total Pratt for falling for it, and the money is a very significant amount for me to lose, but he is utterly convincing, especially with my reduced IQ from two days of merriment and metal!

 

He is known for operating on the M4 in Wiltshire and is well known to the Police there. Might be worth warning any friends or family who might be using that stretch of road. Hopefully before too long he will be back inside where he belongs.

 

He is average height, slim with short grey hair and a strong West country accent.

 

TVI.

[Pete Hart]

Jail for petrol can conman who preyed on M4's Good Samaritan motorists (From Wiltshire Times)

[the village idiot]

Jail for petrol can conman who preyed on M4's Good Samaritan motorists (From Wiltshire Times)

 

Yeah, that's how I found out who he was!

[Pete Hart]

What a piece of work. Fair play to you for trying to help. unfortunately by the look of the link above and what you say,plenty have been suckered in by him before.

[Pete Hart]

Arbtalk has rules against what id like to call him!

[Mick Dempsey]

Rotten luck VI!

[the village idiot]

Arbtalk has rules against what id like to call him!

 

It's a shame because I am now much less likely to trust people and more likely to refuse people who genuinely need help.

People like him slowly sap human kindness out of the world.

[scraggs]

Bad luck.

I assume it's been reported to the police ?

hopefully he will get locked up for a lot longer next time

[the village idiot]

Rotten luck VI!

 

You live and learn Mick!

[the village idiot]

Bad luck.

I assume it's been reported to the police ?

hopefully he will get locked up for a lot longer next time

 

Hi Scraggs, yes Police are aware. They know exactly who he is so hopefully can do something about him. Again.