CONMEN were thought to have netted thousands of pounds by collecting money in the street and claiming it was going to the Les Dawson Scanner Appeal.
They were selling phoney scratchcards for £1 in King William Street, Blackburn, and police said they were even threatening people who refused to buy them.
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