Dear Watch Member,
We have received information that fraudsters posing as police officers are phoning residents, claiming they are investigating fraudulent activity on your bank account.
I can assure you that police do not operate in this way.
To verify the identity of someone purportedly calling from the police, obtain the ‘officer’s’ rank, full name, warrant number and shoulder number before contacting the non-emergency 101 number from a different phone to the one you received the call on.
Telling the caller you will be verifying their ID should result in the fraudster terminating the call.
For more fraud / scam prevention advice please click on the below link: www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fa/fraud/.
If you need to reply regarding this message, tap on this email address: [email protected]
Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
Email: [email protected]