Couple conned into buying potatoes instead of laptop

A couple were conned into believing they were buying a laptop – but it was a bag of potatoes. The man and women were tricked out of £650 in Huntingdon High Street by the fraudster. Police have launched an investigation into the fraud which left the couple out of pocket and holding nothing but a rucksack full of spuds and cardboard.

The victims were approached by the man opposite Savers who offered them a laptop computer for sale. He took them to a car park at the rear of Dominos pizza where they viewed the laptop in a rucksack and agreed to buy it, along with an iPhone.



They then visited Lloyds bank and withdrew £650 in cash before handing it to the fraudster who took them back to the car park and handed them the rucksack. However, when the victims later looked in the bag they realised they had been tricked.

The man is described as white, about 30, more than six feet tall with reddish brown hair and stubble. He wore light blue jeans. Police have issued a warning about buying goods from strangers in car parks after the incident which happened between 12.30pm and 1.15pm on Tuesday (September 28).