Man jailed for conning elderly women out of £5,222

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Hamza Mohammed, 30, was sentenced to three years and three months for defrauding two women in their 80s.

Hamza Mohammed, 30, of Aysgarth Road in Leicester, was sentenced on 25 September at Warwick Crown Court for fraud by false representation. In February 2025, he called two women in their 80s on their landlines, pretending to be a member of bank staff. He told them their accounts had been compromised and that their bank and credit cards needed to be collected for security purposes.

The victims gave him their PINs, believing they were at risk of financial loss. Mohammed then arranged for a courier to collect the cards from both women on the same occasions. Once in his possession, he used the cards to make purchases of high-value goods and withdrew money from cash points as he travelled back to Leicester. The spending spree continued until the cards were cancelled, resulting in total losses of £5,222 across both victims.

Mohammed was arrested on 17 July and charged on 26 June. He pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiring to commit fraud by false representation. Detective Constable Stuart Baron of the Central Fraud Unit noted that such impersonation fraud offences are calculated crimes that specifically target elderly and vulnerable victims.

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• Man who conned two elderly women out of over £5,000 jailedA man has been jailed after conning elderly women in High Wycombe and Oxford out of more than £5,000.Oxfordshire Guardian · 16 Oct, 11:37
• Man who conned two elderly women out of over £5,000 jailedA man has been jailed after conning elderly women in High Wycombe and Oxford out of more than £5,000.Oxford Mail · 16 Oct, 11:37

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