Police have received several reports of persons in a silver BMW saloon and possibly an Audi Estate flagging motorists down by a male, persistently asking for money and petrol. Excuses made have been that they needed petrol as they had run out and had a baby in the car, or asking for money as his wife is sick, etc, and offering gold rings.
Locations where motorists have been flagged down are: B5056, Grangemill stretch, A52 Ashbourne, B5023 Wirksworth stretch.
Incident number: 451 of 15.11.10 & Incident numbers: 320, 687 of 16.11.10.
Don’t become a victim of these scams which have done the rounds before! Anyone with information should call 0345 123 33 33, quoting the relevant incident number.
Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police.
Thank you. Trisha Mellor, B Division Community Information Officer, Corporate Communications, Buxton Police Station
PARWICH.ORG 
This happened to me just over a month ago at the layby just past the Tissington Ford. I alerted the police, but they had gone by the time they got there.