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An elderly widow is heartbroken after thieves stole her wedding ring off her finger outside a busy London plaza in broad daylight.

A string of similar brazen thefts has prompted police to warn the public about a pair of jewelry-snatching criminals who are targeting women across the city with what one investigator calls a ‘slick’ scheme.

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Nancy Chwiecko, 84, was leaving a salon at Commissioners and Wellington roads Tuesday around 4:15 p.m. after getting a manicure when a car with a man and woman inside pulled up and asked for directions to the hospital.

The female passenger started showing Chwiecko jewelry, putting a necklace around her neck and ring on her finger, before asking to see her wedding ring and two diamond-filled anniversary bands, which were attached together, Chwiecko said Thursday.

“I said, ‘no, you can’t take it off’ but she took my hand and she starting pulling the ring off,” said Chwiecko, who has Parkinson’s disease.