Police in Eccles are asking residents to be vigilant after bogus workmen conned an elderly couple out of £60.
On Wednesday 24 June between 10am and 10.30am, officers were called to an address on Liverpool Road near to Costcutters.
A report of two offenders portraying to be council workers and charged an elderly resident £60 to cut back hedges.
However they left within minutes of starting work.
The description of one offender is a white male, dark receeding hair approx 6ft, 30’s stocky build with a local accent.
The other is a female sat in a silver transit van parked near to the main road at the time.
If you remember anything relating to this crime please call 101 or anonymously through crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
