On October 5, a 72-year-old Lawrence town man stopped to talk to him while walking. A woman lost a 24-carat gold chain. This is different from the classic decoy and conversion plan, according to Lawrence Town Police. The statement of the bureau.

Police said the man was walking in the development project in Lawrence Square Village when a silver SUV parked beside him. A female passenger in the SUV started talking to him and offered to give him a necklace. He accepted the offer and lowered his head to let her wear the necklace around his neck.

Police said that after further conversations, the men and women in the SUV drove away. The victim then realized that his 24-karat gold necklace, estimated to be worth $1,500, had been removed from his neck.

The police said that instead, the woman left an ordinary gold chain worth about $5. She also gave him two gold rings, which were costume jewelry.

The driver was described as a burly man, about 50 years old, wearing a white shirt. The woman is about 50 to 55 years old, wearing a yellow dress.

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