[rurallife] Fwd: Surrey Police: Residents in Guildford and Woking warned about bank related fraudster scams
- From: Sylvia McQuire <s.mcquire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Rural Life <rurallife@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 16:48:31 +0100
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Subject: Surrey Police: Residents in Guildford and Woking warned about
bank related fraudster scams
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:46:19 +0100
From: Jacqueline Cottingham <11265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: s.mcquire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Neighbourhood Policing
<http://my.surrey.police.uk/neighbourhood/my_neighbourhood.asp> Surrey
Police website <http://my.surrey.police.uk/>
Surrey Police is warning residents, particularly in Guildfordand Woking,
to remain vigilant following a recent spate of scams involving
fraudsters obtaining bank details, cards and cash using bogus telephone
calls and couriers.
In the last 24 hours police have received reports of ten similar
attempts to access bank cards and money, with reported offences in
Guildford, Woking, Pyrford, Burpham and Chobham.
In each case the victims have reported receiving telephone calls from
someone claiming to be a police officer and attempting to convince them
to hand over large amounts of cash and bank cards.
The offenders often claim to be an officer from the Metropolitan Police
and use a variety of pretences that include saying the victim's bank
card has been used by somebody that they have in custody. They then ask
the victim to phone the bank to cancel the card and tell the victims
that they will send a courier round to collect the card.
Meanwhile the fraudster stays on the line and obtains the victim's bank
details whilst they think they are phoning the bank. The courier then
calls at the victim's address saying they have been sent by the police
to collect a parcel - the envelope containing the card.
Three incidents of this scam were all reported shortly after 9pmlast
night (Saturday, 5 October) one took place at an address off the B367
Upshot Lanein Woking, another at address in Frog Grove Lanein
WoodStreetVillageand a third offence in Burnet Avenuein Burpham.
Fortunately in the three most recent cases no money or cards were taken
from the victims who were suspicious of the call and contacted Surrey
Police.
Police are also appealing for details of a man who attended an address
off Boltons Lanein Pyrford at around 5.30pmyesterday claiming to be a
courier who had been sent to collect a parcel containing bank cards from
an elderly victim. Fortunately the victim refused to hand over his cards
and the man left empty-handed.
The man is described as white, around 40-years-old, 5ft 8ins or 5ft 9ins
tall, spoke with an eastern European accent, stocky build, short dark
hair and was wearing a dark jacket and dark trousers.
Neighbourhood officers are warning residents that these requests are not
genuine and that no police officer or bank would operate in this manner
and would never request a customer to confirm their PIN details over the
phone. Anyone who receives a suspicious call, either on the phone or in
person, is urged to not give any details to the caller and report the
matter to the police.
Any courier companies or taxis that may have been asked to pick up such
packages are also being urged to call Surrey Police on 101 or call
Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
If you need to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us on
Email: 11265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:11265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tel: 101 Crimestoppers <http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/>
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