Do you recognise this man?
Police would like to speak to the person photographed in connection with an investigation into fraud.
On March 14, 15 and 16 this year five incidents were reported to police from the Lincoln and North Hykeham areas in which people impersonated police officers to persuade victims to hand over money.
The fraudsters first contact elderly victims by telephone and claim to be a police officers. They then claim the victim’s funds are at risk and demand they withdraw money from their bank.
Once the victim has the cash, the offender attends their home address and collects the cash.
The victim is initially tricked into believing the person they are handing the cash to is a police officer – despite the person not looking anything like an officer.
Police will never:
- Call you and ask for your PIN or banking password.
- Ask you to withdraw money or hand over to them for safe-keeping.
- Ask you to transfer money to w new or other account for fraud reasons, even if they say it is in your name.
- Send someone to your home to collect cash, PIN, cards or cheque books if they say you have been a victim of fraud.
- Ask you to buy goods using your card and then hand them over for safe-keeping.
As part of the investigation police would now like to speak this man who may have information about these incidents.
Call DC Richard Morley on 07973 847298 quoting Incident 259 of March 14 or email
