Manchester Con-man

Manchester Con-man
Real Name: Unknown

Aliases: Unknown

Wanted For: Fraud

Missing Since: 1984

Case
Details: Starting around 1981, a con-man has been targeting elderly people in the Greater Manchester area. He has posed as many different bogus officials, including a gas man, antiques dealer, and a roofing contractor. As the gas man, he gains access to your home and may end up stealing money from your wallet or purse while the antiques dealer will case the house for valuable heirlooms under the pretense of appraising them. The roofing contractor will insist on repairing your roof only to take the money and run. He seems to target pensioners living alone in high-rise flats and has stolen in excess of £50,000 (about US$80,000).

The man is described as white and in his mid to late thirties. He has brown hair and occasionally wears a mustache, although many of his victims claimed that the latter may have been fake.

Results: Unknown.

Extra Notes: This case originally aired on August 16, 1984, the show's third episode.

Links: Crimewatch UK August 1984