A con artist pretended to be the owner of a car which was scratched by another vehicle and asked for compensation from the motorist in eastern China.<br /><br />The CCTV video, filmed in the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province on September 11, shows a silver car scratching a white car while parking.<br /><br />A man in a blue T-shirt then walked to the white car, pretending to be the car owner and asked for compensation from the silver car owner.<br /><br />According to reports, the real owner of the white car reported the incident to the police after he spotted the scratches on his car.<br /><br />After the police contacted the silver car owner named She, he said he already paid the compensation to a man who claimed to be the car owner on the spot after the incident.<br /><br />Police are searching the passerby and the case is under investigation.<br /><br />The video was provided by local media with permission.
