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Police probe after Dunblane pensioner conned out of £240,000 in phone scam

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A Dunblane pensioner has been left £240,000 out of pocket after being targeted by despicable scammers.The 71-year-old man was contacted by con artists claiming to have been from the Bank of Scotland over a four-day period last month.Brazen crooks called the man at his home in the town on multiple occasions between Monday, October 25, and Friday, October 29, in which they convinced him to share his account details.Large sums of money in the account were removed.

Bank of Scotland’s fraud department stepped in but by this point around £240,000 had already been taken.Police have since been called in to investigate.Inspector Liam Harman, of Stirling police office, said: “I’d urge anyone who receives any form of suspicious contact from their

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