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Dundee resident conned out of four-figure sum by bogus workmen

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A Fintry resident was conned out of a four-figure sum of money by a gang of bogus workmen.

The victim, who lives in Findhorn Street, answered the door to a man who offered to do work around the house.

A job and a fee were agreed but the man and his accomplices kept finding more jobs to do and ramped up their fees accordingly.

A spokesman for Police Scotland’s Tayside Division said: “This is a common tactic among bogus workmen, who may seem legitimate and do initially carry out work to a standard, but once they have a foot in the door will continue to try and obtain more money through finding further ‘faults’ which are increasingly more expensive to repair.

“We are already investigating a similar crime in the Fintry area, and they are thought to be linked.

“The victim in this instance has lost a four figure sum of money, and may not be the only person in the area to have been approached.”

Police said they want to speak to a well-spoken man in his 30s with a Scottish, but not Dundonian, accent. The man was of medium build with short brown hair.

He and his ‘workers’ used a white Ford Transit van.

The incidents occurred between October 7 and 18.

Last week, Charles White of Fintry Road turned away bogus workmen after they tried to get him to pay for unnecessary work.

Dundee granddad Charles White, 84, issued a warning after turning away a group of bogus workmen

He was told they would charge him £5 to clean his gutters and then tried to charge him £1,600 for additional work they claimed to have carried out.