An 80 year old woman in Leamington has fallen victim to a scam in which fraudsters pose as police officers to get details of their bank accounts. At about 19.00hrs on Saturday, June 14, the woman, who lives in the Radford Semele area, received a call from someone pretending to be an officer from the Metropolitan Police Service. He told her that her bank cards had been skimmed and two people were in custody. The victim called what she believed to be her bank, but as the offender had not hung up her call went straight back to his number and he asked for her PIN and said he would send someone round to collect the cards. About an hour later a man did collect the cards, but the woman became suspicious and phoned a neighbour for advice. She then phoned her bank and cancelled her cards before any money was lost. Two more people in the Leamington area were targeted on Saturday night with similar stories, but both were aware of the scam and hung up on the offender. Police warn all individuals to be wary of attempts to defraud them in this manner and advise the following: * Banks and police officers will never ask for account details or PINs over the phone, and would not come round to the house to collect your cards or property. * If you do get such a call, hang up immediately and dial 999 using another phone. * If you have already been taken in by this scam, or know someone who has, make sure that the cards are cancelled and police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or crimestoppers-uk.org * If you see any suspicious activity in your locality report it to police. Please pass this information to as many contacts, friends and family as possible, to try to prevent these fraudsters making victims of any more of Warwickshire residents. Thankyou. Julie Dale Warwickshire Police
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:03:47 +0000
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