Its estimated 40 of all crime in england and wales is fraud. Hello, its the police, open up. Fraud, it is a National Security issue. Its funding other organised crime. | you look back now and you think, how stupid were we . Yeah. But at that moment in time, it was. It was quite terrifying. Every year, fraudsters relieve us of an estimated £5 billion. Last year in kent alone, 12,000 frauds were reported. Panoramas been filming there for almost a year with the kent police fraud squad. The groups that operate tend to be from london. The whole of kent, it is targeted because its a quickjourney for them to come and pick up the cash. Weve also got quite an aged population, again, which is who they look to target, often. So it sort ofjust goes hand in hand with the sort of population type. Police are increasingly worried about something they call courierfraud. It begins with a call from a fraudster pretending to be a Police Officer or bank official, and ends with a Courier Collecting Cash or
it s estimated 40% of all crime in england and wales is fraud. hello, it s the police, open up. fraud, it is a national security issue. - it s funding other organised crime. | you look back now and you think, how stupid were we? yeah. but at that moment in time, it was. ..it was quite terrifying. every year, fraudsters relieve us of an estimated £5 billion. last year in kent alone, 12,000 frauds were reported. panorama s been filming there for almost a year with the kent police fraud squad. the groups that operate tend to be from london. the whole of kent, it is targeted because it s a quickjourney for them to come and pick up the cash. we ve also got quite an aged population, again, which is who they look to target, often. so it sort ofjust goes hand in hand with the sort of population type. police are increasingly worried about something they call courierfraud. it begins with a call from a fraudster pretending to be a police officer or bank official, and ends with a courie
we ve also got quite an aged population, again, which is who they look to target, often. so it sort of just goes hand in hand with the sort of population type. police are increasingly worried about something they call courier fraud . it begins with a call from a fraudster pretending to be a police officer or bank official, and ends with a courier collecting cash or bank cards from your home. when fraudsters called 90 year old jean, she believed it was her bank. i was in bed and the phone rang, so i scrambled to pick it up. and a voice said to me, have you had your debit card? well, i had had a notice that my debit card was coming to me. i was a bit perturbed so i said, well, no. they said, oh, dear. oh, dear, your card s been cancelled, in that case. you can t use it. by chance, jean was already expecting a new card. the fraudsters told her it had been lost in the post, so they were
we ve also got quite an aged population, again, which is who they look to target, often. so it sort ofjust goes hand in hand with the sort of population type. police are increasingly worried about something they call courierfraud. it begins with a call from a fraudster pretending to be a police officer or bank official, and ends with a courier collecting cash or bank cards from your home. when fraudsters called 90 year old jean, she believed it was her bank. i was in bed and the phone rang, so i scrambled to pick it up. and a voice said to me, have you had your debit card? well, i had had a notice that my debit card was coming to me. i was a bit perturbed so i said, well, no. they said, oh, dear. oh, dear, your card s been cancelled, in that case. you can t use it. by chance, jean was already expecting a new card. the fraudsters told her it had been lost in the post,