Man handed £1,300 to fraudster

A FRAUDSTER and his accomplice pressured a man into handing over £1,300 after they had attempted to sell him fake and cheap mobile phones.

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He had contacted the victim on Facebook Marketplace, where the quality of the phones had been misrepresented.

Vasile Vasile, 25, made an arrangement with Vasile Albescu over the social media site to purchase two mobile phones, and they agreed to meet in Newport on February 7.

Upon arriving in Commercial Street on the day in question, Mr Albescu got into the seller's car and found another man was present.