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A fugitive conman, accused of injuring three police officers, claimed he feared for his life, a court hears.

Police in Hull call for vigilance after a conman posing as a plumber robs two elderly people of their savings.

A man claiming to be a French missionary and in poor health cons another man out of hundreds of pounds, police say.

A police photographer who falsely claimed he had testicular cancer to swindle almost £200,000 is sentenced to two years in prison.

A sheriff tells a bogus workman who was beaten up in prison that he deserves "anything you receive".

A BBC investigation reveals the conman behind a company which cashed in on people's dreams of stardom.

A conman is offering to provide police resources to businesses in return for cash, officers say.

Further assets are seized from a convicted conman who made more than £350,000 profit from crime.

A look at the main events and issues ahead of the fourth day of the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth.

Police are appealing for help to trace a conman thought to have carried out dozens of distraction burglaries at the homes of elderly people.

A conman who told bank staff his real name when trying to steal £5,000 is jailed for six months.

An undercover BBC investigation exposes how African footballers are being conned by Nigerian fraudsters.

Nigerian Isaiah Akpan was 17 when a conman emailed him claiming he could arrange a trial for an English club. The BBC's Edward Main tells his story.

A Cumbrian man who befriended two elderly women and then stole cash is been jailed for four years.

Apart from dismaying fans of winter sports, climate change could alter Russia's traditional way of life, reports the BBC's James Rodgers in his latest diary entry.

An Egyptian man is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of people out of about $52m.

Residents in Oxfordshire are being warned about a bogus salesman who is selling fake kitchenware.

Banks and shops are warned after conmen stole cash in a scam involving exchanging money.

Worshippers at a small Bristol church find themselves at the centre of an international internet scam.

Gang members who cheated thousands of people in a bargain holiday booking scam are jailed.

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