10 December 2014

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EAST Grinstead Police have issued a town-wide warning to be wary of anyone telephoning your home or workplace and claiming to be a police officer.

As a result of attempted telephone fraud by scammers – which can involve attempts to persuade victims to reveal personal bank details, or even to arrange to have their bank cards collected as part of a ‘fraud investigation’ – the police have issued the following reminders:

• The Police will NEVER contact you by telephone and ask you to disclose any details of your bank account
• The Police will NEVER ask you to send them your bank cards
• The Police will NEVER ask you to key your PIN numbers into the telephone keypad
• The Police will NEVER ask you to transfer your funds between your accounts
• The Police will NEVER ask you to pay cash into an account ‘for safe keeping’ or in the interests of an investigation into fraudulent activity within a bank

If you have been asked to do any of the above, please inform your bank and East Grinstead police.

Do NOT continue with any transaction that you have been asked to complete until the police can confirm that the caller is genuine.