A FRIGHTENED elderly woman was targeted by a thief after her shouted at her and knocked on her car window.

The woman in her 80s was sat in her car parked on Denmark Street in Wokingham after withdrawing cash from Nationwide.

Between 12pm and 1pm on January 23, a man knocked on her drivers side window and shouted in a foreign language.

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He pointed at the floor towards the back of the car and as she opened her car door to look down and saw he was pointing at some money.

The elderly woman was worried she had dropped it so began to lean down and pick it up when a man continued to point at the floor, moving towards the back of her car.

She got out of her car to pick up the cash and when she stood up, the man had gone.

She returned to her car and checked her bag to find that the cash she had withdrawn was gone.

Nothing else was taken.

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She had also noticed another man standing nearby who may not have anything to do with the offence but may have seen what happened.

The thief is described as dark skinned, which seemed quite weathered, and possibly Eastern European from what he was shouting.

His face was unshaven, sunken and thin and he looked to be in his late 50s or 60s.

He was wearing dark coloured clothing and a knitted woollen hat with a black and grey pattern.

The man who was standing nearby is described as white, possibly in his 50s, with blonde hair.

He was wearing a brown jacket or coat.

A police spokesman said: "We would like to appeal to anyone who was in Nationwide on Broad Street between 12:00 noon and 12:15 pm that may have seen anyone acting suspiciously in or around the building society, or anyone on Denmark Street near Nandos between 12:15 pm and 1:00 pm who may have seen the offence take place to call the police via the 24 hour non-emergency telephone number 101 or contact us using our online form www.thamesvalley.police.uk/tell-us quoting reference number 43200025611."