Man jailed for scamming elderly victims of gold and cash

Thursday 5 June 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Thu 5 Jun 2025, 4:14pm

In this story Sir John Walker

Reece Alexander Salmon, a United Kingdom national, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding seniors. Posing as a police courier, Salmon took more than $400,000 in cash and gold from victims aged between 60 and 90 in the Wellington area.

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1. NZ HeraldThu 5 Jun 2025, 4:07pm

   Scammer posing as police ‘courier’ jailed for taking more than $400k from elderly victims (opens in new tab)

2. The PostThu 5 Jun 2025, 4:14pm

   Scammer who took cash and gold from seniors jailed for four years (opens in new tab)