Another cash point scam , definitely worth watching.
Police have issued CCTV images in a warning over cashpoint crooks who are tricking bank customers out of hundreds of pounds.
Thieves were caught on camera while stealing £350 from a man withdrawing money from a hole in the wall at the Santander branch in High Road Loughton.
A video clip and still photographs from the CCTV are now being released as part of an appeal for witnesses and also to warn all cashpoint users to be extra vigilant when using bank machines.
The images show how the victim was approached by two men who stood either side of him. Moments before the cash was about to emerge from the machine one of the thieves, who was standing on a hidden £10 note, flicks the note beneath the user then taps him on the shoulder to say he had dropped the cash.
As the victim bent to pick up the note the second man grabbed the £350 from the machine and walked away.
Meanwhile a third member of the gang started chatting with a woman waiting to use the machine to prevent her seeing what was happening.
The victim, a 57-year-old man from Loughton, was not immediately aware of the theft and thought that the cash machine was faulty.
