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It’s a case of stop-and-grift.

A con artist posing as a cop has robbed six men in Queens since last fall by stopping them, searching them, and removing their wallets, authorities said.

The phony lawman stalks the streets of Corona, Elmhurst, and Woodside between 12:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., identifies himself as a cop to unsuspecting victims, then pats them down, police said.

During the searches, he takes the victims’ wallets, then hops into a waiting getaway car driven by an accomplice, cops said.

The con has netted over $1,200 between October and March.

The suspect is bald, and believed to be in his 30s.

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