For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A woman in her 80s was conned out of £12,000 in a “despicable” scam in Wigan.
The elderly woman, from Standish, received a call from a man posing as a police officer on March 22. He told her there had been suspicious activity on her husband’s bank account.
He added that as part of an investigation into her bank, she would need to withdraw £5,000 to be collected from her house on Bentham Road.
Agreeing to his request, the woman withdrew £5,000 and was later called by a person claiming to be from her bank. The person told her she would get her money back and further instructed her to hand over any remaining money that she had in her home address.
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