THIEVES tricked a woman out of her upmarket Mercedes car, then drove off in it.
The woman in her twenties, stopped her silver Mercedes SLK in Brimfield Road, Purfleet, because a wheelie-bin was lying in the road.
She got out to move it and a white man, wearing a black beanie hat, jumped into the vehicle and sped off.
The car was later found dumped on a housing estate in Rainham.Witnesses to the incident, at 8.15am on Monday, can contact police at Grays on 01375 391212.
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