Police have received another report of a ‘courier fraud’ - this time involving an 87-year-old woman being tricked out of £2,150 from her bank account.
The woman received a telephone call at her home in Northwood Road, Carshalton, from a man pretending to be from her bank. He told her that money had been taken from her account and that he could assist her.
The woman received a telephone call at her home in Northwood Road, Carshalton, from a man pretending to be from her bank. He told her that money had been taken from her account and that he could assist her.
He obtained her PIN and asked her to have her bank cards ready for collection by a courier who would call round. He invited her to call back to confirm the call was genuine, which she did straight away – not realising that the same line was still open to the original caller.
Her cards were collected and a £2,150 withdrawal was made at her branch in Wallington after the tricksters had moved money from her savings account into her current account.
The incident happened on Monday, 5 September and was reported to detectives in Sutton on Wednesday, 21 September.
This follows another incident on Thursday, 15 September when a 72-year-old man was conned out of nearly £6,000 under similar circumstances – following a call to his home from his ‘bank’ saying there was a problem with his cards and that they would need to be collected and new cards issued.
During the conversation, the victim revealed his personal and bank information. Arrangements were made to collect the cards. Once his cards were collected they were used to make a £3,100 withdrawal and purchases of £2,800.
Police advise residents not to reveal their bank details or PIN to anyone including their bank. Banks will already have these details and will never ask for your old card back.
If you are called by someone who asks for these, hang up and use a different line to report the call to police on 101 or allow at least five minutes for the line to automatically clear.
Also don’t give your bank cards to strangers whatever reason they may give you to part with them. Such requests are likely to be a scam to steal your money.
This scam, which is known as the bank courier scam, was being widely reported to police across London during 2013-14 – with 34 reported offences in Sutton during this period. After a police-led campaign to raise awareness of the scam, the number of reports greatly reduced. However, police in Sutton are starting to see a rise in the number of these offences and detectives are urging the public to keep up their guard.
Her cards were collected and a £2,150 withdrawal was made at her branch in Wallington after the tricksters had moved money from her savings account into her current account.
The incident happened on Monday, 5 September and was reported to detectives in Sutton on Wednesday, 21 September.
This follows another incident on Thursday, 15 September when a 72-year-old man was conned out of nearly £6,000 under similar circumstances – following a call to his home from his ‘bank’ saying there was a problem with his cards and that they would need to be collected and new cards issued.
During the conversation, the victim revealed his personal and bank information. Arrangements were made to collect the cards. Once his cards were collected they were used to make a £3,100 withdrawal and purchases of £2,800.
Police advise residents not to reveal their bank details or PIN to anyone including their bank. Banks will already have these details and will never ask for your old card back.
If you are called by someone who asks for these, hang up and use a different line to report the call to police on 101 or allow at least five minutes for the line to automatically clear.
Also don’t give your bank cards to strangers whatever reason they may give you to part with them. Such requests are likely to be a scam to steal your money.
This scam, which is known as the bank courier scam, was being widely reported to police across London during 2013-14 – with 34 reported offences in Sutton during this period. After a police-led campaign to raise awareness of the scam, the number of reports greatly reduced. However, police in Sutton are starting to see a rise in the number of these offences and detectives are urging the public to keep up their guard.