Raw: Thieves targeting elderly women

A group of thieves have been targeting elderly women on Auckland's North Shore, ripping them off for thousands of dollars and prompting police to set up an 0800 number in a bid to catch the crooks. In the last two weeks there have been at least eight women who have had their purses stolen as they leave North Shore supermarkets. The victims are aged between 71 and 86. Detective Senior Sergeant Stan Brown said that as the victim buys groceries and pays with an Eftpos card, a female offender will "shoulder surf" and watch the elderly woman enter her pin.