North Wales cyber crime unit warn elderly residents after new bank card scam reports
Police have issued a warning after reports of elderly people in North Wales being targeted by fraudsters posing as bank staff and police officers.
North Wales Police Cyber Crime Unit said two victims had been contacted this week by scammers claiming their bank accounts had been compromised.
In one case, a woman received a text message asking if she had made a transaction for more than £600.
When she replied and called the number provided, she was told someone would visit her home to collect her bank card.
In another case, a man was contacted by people pretending to be police officers.
They claimed someone had been arrested in London in possession of cloned copies of his bank card and that officers needed to seize his card as evidence.
The fraudsters told the victim that an internal fraud was being carried out at his local bank branch and instructed him to withdraw money for examination.
They even made him swear an oath over the phone.
A spokesperson for North Wales Police said: “Police in the UK will never ask you to withdraw money to be used as evidence. If someone does, it will be a scam.”
Residents are urged to hang up immediately if contacted by anyone claiming their bank account has been compromised.
Police advise waiting several minutes before calling back, as scammers can play a fake dial tone to make it seem like the line has cleared.
Victims are urged to report incidents by calling 159, the official safe banking number that connects directly to banks.
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