‘Courier Fraud’ phone scam plotters sentenced

Three men and a woman have been sentenced after West Midlands Police uncovered a phone scam plot to trick elderly residents into handing over life savings.Jahangir Khan, from Glendower Road in Perry Barr, and Arafa Begum, from Denby Close, Nechells , ran a ‘Courier Fraud’ scheme targeting primarily pensioners across the Midlands, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Wiltshire.Along with Londoners Mohammed Miah (21) and 24-year-old Motahir Rahman, they tricked victims into handing