Beware of elderly drivers flagging down cars in 'no-fuel' scam

Co Kildare motorists have been warned of a roadside scam involving a pair of elderly drivers.

The couple are usually parked at the side of the road in a Seat car and flag down passing drivers.

They claim they have run out of petrol and draw attention to their empty fuel gauge.

They then ask for cash to buy fuel - or say they have a friend on the way with fuel but they have no money to pay them for it.

One motorist who avoided being duped by the scam said: "They are generally parked on long clear straight section of a road and will flash lights or flag you down with a wave from the car.

"They claimed to have run out of petrol and they pointed to the fuel gauge. They ask for money in order to buy fuel or pay somebody to bring it.

"They are quite polite about it but it's a scam. "