We are asking residents to please knock on their vulnerable and elderly neighbours’ doors to make them aware of scammers operating in the area.
We continue to receive reports of police impersonation and courier fraud across the county, including in Boston, South Holland and the coast. One of the most recent incidents was in the Louth area where a woman in her 40s was called by a police impersonator who stated her card had been cloned. The caller asked her to withdraw money and said they would collect it.
The victim became aware that it was scam and hung up the phone. She waited several hours before reporting it to us as she knew the scammers may still be on her phone line.
Detective inspector Kara Nicholson said: “Please take a few minutes out of your day to visit your vulnerable and elderly neighbours and tell them about these scams.
“We are becoming increasingly concerned as these scammers are targeting the elderly and vulnerable. We need to make them aware that the police, their bank or any other legitimate organisation would never ask them for money.
“If anyone calls and asks for money please hang up the phone and call us on another line. If you do not have another line then please ask a neighbour to call us.
“Scammers can be very clever and sometimes use a phone number that replicates your bank’s telephone number. They also make out they are police officers. Do not be fooled and please hang up on them.”
We are investigating a series of similar incidents. If you are contacted by anyone on the phone asking for money call 101, or to report a crime in action call 999.
For more information on fraud follow this link: https://www.lincs.police.uk/news-campaigns/news/2019/police-impersonation-fraud/
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