People need to wake up and stop walking along staring at their phones like zombies. 'You wouldn't walk along with over £500 in banknotes in your hand yet so many do it with their phone.' ...

He added: "The in-person nature of this scam is unusual." Victim Anthony Rudd said: "I found it absolutely sickening that you could look someone in the eye, shake their hand, and then rob them." ...