Australian police are searching for two men with Irish accents after elderly people were scammed

Queenstown police have issued an appeal for help in locating two men, described as having Irish accents, who reportedly scammed some elderly people in the Deception Bay and Ipswich areas.

Local residents are claiming that the two men posed as road workers and offered to do work on the properties but failed to complete the jobs and followed up with threats to the residents when payment was due. On Friday, March 10th, a 78-year-old is said to have refused to pay the men, who were going to put gravel on his property, until the job was complete. They began to argue with him and restrained him before stealing $1,500 from him. Both men have been described as having Irish accents and the Queenstown police have released photos of the two they suspect.

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Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Hogan said: