<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men have been hit with 72 charges each after an alleged </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/scam" rel="" target="_blank" title="scam"><span>scam</span></a><span> targeting elderly drivers in car parks across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair, aged 37 and 57, were arrested at a service station in Glenthorne on the state's Mid North Coast yesterday, after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> conducted investigations into 18 incidents of alleged theft across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> and New South Wales.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is alleged both men worked to steal from elderly women inside shopping centre car parks between last Saturday and yesterday in a "bonnet up" scam.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/extreme-weather-live-updates-heatwave-fires-heavy-rain-cyclone-warnings/83b0dcd3-39df-4a51-a3ca-db54ef910df3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Leave immediately': Fires threatening lives in Victoria</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The scam allegedly involves one of the men approaching the victim, claiming a problem with their </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/motoring" rel="" target="_blank" title="car"><span>car</span></a><span>, before asking them to open the bonnet to check the 'issue'.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Whilst the victim does this, the other man allegedly steals items from the car, including wallets, purses and cash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe incidents took place in places far and wide, including Penrith, Beecroft and Pennant Hills in Sydney, and in regional cities such as Newcastle, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/wagga-wagga" rel="" target="_blank" title="Wagga Wagga"><span>Wagga Wagga</span></a><span> and Goulburn.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-bonnet-up-scam-police-men-charged/8b4beeb0-1844-4426-b07e-ade43777c67d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is alleged the men hit 15 suburbs and towns overall.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When the pair were arrested, police allegedly found $6000 in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/money" rel="" target="_blank" title="cash"><span>cash</span></a><span>, international passports, and several receipts for money transfers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were taken to Taree Police Station, where they were issued with 72 charges each relating to fraud, theft and entering a vehicle without consent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a 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