An attempted bank scam in Dorking involved 'bogus officers'.
On Saturday 30 August a victim was phoned and asked about their bank details and any nuisance calls they had received in relation to their finances.
Two days later they received another call, this time from someone claiming to be from a police fraud squad.
The 'fraud squad' member told the victim that their account had been tampered with recently, but they should not report it to the bank as they may be in on the scam.
During the call the victim was asked to withdraw £800 in cash and to later electronically transfer it abroad.
Fortunately the victim in this case did not lose any money as bank staff alerted the police to what was happening.
"We have had reports of this kind of fraud in recent months, but where this differs is that the victim has been asked to electronically transfer money, rather than send it via a pre-arranged courier coming to their home to pick up the money" said Investigating officer Detective Constable Steven Cassidy.
"The scammers in this case appear to have rehearsed their plan particularly well in double bluffing the victim, with a suspicious sounding first call, followed up by contact from a ‘fraud squad'.
"I would like to reassure the public that the Police would never contact you in such a manner and that these calls are not genuine. Anyone who receives a suspicious call, either on the phone or in person, is urged to not give any details to the caller and report the matter to the police."
If you have received any calls of this nature, or handed over any money or bank details, please call 101 to report, or visit actionfraud.police.uk to report online or in confidence to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
