Co Kildare Gardaí are warning people about scam involving a map and mobile phone

Co Kildare Gardaí are appealing for people to beware of a scam involving a man approaching people with a map.

It is understood that at about 8.40am in a coffee shop in Naas, on Friday, November 2, a person who had a mobile phone on a table was approached by a man with a map.

The man is reported to have put the map on the table close to the phone.

After the man left the coffee shop it is reported that a mobile phone had been stolen.