PSNI make ten arrests as £150,000 stolen by criminals posing as police officers
Police say the fraudsters are targeting older members of the public
Updated
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland Eddie Lynch and Detective Chief Inspector Ian Wilson
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[11/05/21] Police warn against criminals posing as police officers
Police warn against criminals posing as police officers
11 May 2021
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Economic Crime Unit are warning the public to be extremely vigilant following reports of criminals posing as police officers.
Detective Chief Inspector Wilson said: “In an incident which was reported yesterday, Monday, 10 May, an older woman was contacted, by telephone, by a man purporting to be a police officer. He told her that she was being ‘scammed’ by people claiming to be from an internet provider, who had been taking money from her account. The alleged police officer told the victim that he would send someone to her house to collect belongings as they needed them for their investigation.
PSNI warns public to be vigilant of criminals posing as police officers
Victim left small safe containing substantial amount of money out at her front door
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The PSNI are warning the public criminals are posing as police officers.
Detectives are urging the public to be extra vigilant following a recent scam in which the caller claimed to be a police officer.
The reminder comes after police were alerted this week that a woman, in east Belfast, had been tricked into parting with a sum of money.
Detective Chief Inspector Ian Wilson said: In this case, a woman - aged in her 70s - was persuaded to hand over her bank card, bank details, and a sum of money by an imposter who, via telephone, claimed to be a police officer. I m keen to, first of all, stress that police will never ask for your bank details, or money. Never allow any unauthorised person to have access to such details.