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Fraudsters posing as police officers have been contacting Hertfordshire residents in recent weeks.
Six residents - in Hertford, Hitchin, Royston and Watford - were contacted by bogus callers posing as police officers asking them for their bank details.
They were then asked to hand over their bank cards or money to a courier.
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The scam involves a telephone call via mobile or a landline number, with someone posing as a police officer and informing the resident there has been fraudulent use on their bank account.
The victims were then then instructed to put their bank cards and/or money into an envelope and give them to a courier or taxi, which is sent to the house by the offenders to collect.
Fraudsters posing as police officers have conned victims out of more than £8,000. Hertfordshire Constabulary says six residents in Hertford, Hitchin, Royston and Watford were contacted by bogus callers posing as officers asking them for their bank details. They were then asked to hand over their bank cards or money to a courier, the force said. The scam involves a telephone call via mobile or a landline number, with someone posing as a police officer and informing the resident there has been fraudulent use on their bank account. The victims were then then instructed to put their bank cards and/or money into an envelope and give them to a courier or taxi, which is sent to the house by the scammers to collect.
Fraudsters have been posing as delivery couriers to scam thousands of pounds out of people in Hertfordshire. There have been at least nine known victims last week within the county who received scam text and email messages appearing to be from couriers like DPD and the Royal Mail, stating they tried to deliver a parcel and asking you to reschedule the delivery. An attached link leads you to an authentic looking website, which collects your full name, address, date of birth, mobile number and full credit card details. Some victims had follow-up calls pretending to be from the victim’s bank, where they claimed to be investigating the delivery fraud and there were attempts to take money out – so money needed to be transferred into a ‘safe’ account.
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