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More than £28.7m lost to courier scams which target the elderly

Source: PA Wire

More than £28.7 million was lost to courier fraud in the last year as scammers targeted pensioners, police have said.

Victims lost an average of £20,032 to the scams, where fraudsters pose as police officers or bank officials and trick householders into handing over money, valuables or bank cards to a courier.

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