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POLICE have issued a warning over a scam that has cost victims almost £50,000 in savings. Several people in the county have been victim to appalling impersonator fraud scams in the lost month, it has been revealed. The scammers, who posed as police officers, told victims that the money in their savings account was corrupt and that they needed to send money or gold. On Tuesday, police received a report that an elderly couple in Chichester had been contacted by someone claiming to be from Hammersmith Police on March 25. The victims purchased £24,000 of gold bars and gave them to a man who attended their address claiming to be from Scotland Yard. ....
| A bogus policeman has tricked a pensioner out of more than £15,000. The fraudster told the victim, who is in his 80s, the money was needed for a police operation. The pensioner was conned over the phone The householder in Dover was telephoned on Wednesday by a man claiming to be from Hammersmith Police . The trickster said officers needed help catching criminals and gave him a number to ring if he wanted to check the call was legitimate. The victim called the number, but spoke to another fraudster who convinced him to transfer two payments totalling more than £15,000 into an account as part of a purported police operation. ....