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Dear Residents

We have received a recent increase in the number of reports of fraudsters across the area claiming to be from various police services around the country.

These criminals are pretending to be police officers in attempt to defraud people and scam them into handing over or transferring money, or sharing PIN information.

Please remember the following information…

The police will NEVER:

Contact you to ask for your PIN or bank details
Ask to withdraw cash to hand over to them for safe-keeping
Ask you to transfer money out of your account for fraud reasons
Send someone to your home to collect cash, PINs or cards
This crime, known as ‘Courier Fraud’, has seen elderly and vulnerable people targeted. However, anyone can be a victim to this crime.

We urge you to share this information about bogus callers on to relatives, friends and neighbours who may also be at risk to the scams.

We would also like to reassure our communities that we are investigating these crimes and want to hear from anyone who has been contacted in this way.

If the crime is still in progress, because for example, you have recently provided bank details or handed over cards or cash or are going to visit your bank or the caller has arranged for someone to visit your address to collect items, you should call the police on 999.

You can also report crime online here: Report a crime | West Mercia Police

Or by calling 101.

Thank you for your help. It is only by the police and the public working together that we can prevent and detect crime.

Kind regards,

PCSO Jacqui Fletcher