A male pertaining to be from a banking company contacted an elderly female in the Hawick area. The male stated that her bankcards had been cloned and told her to transfer money from her account to another account. The complainer has transferred the money as advised and provided her home address. Later that evening an unknown male has attended at her address and collected the 2 bankcards.
Police Scotland urge members of the community to refrain from divulging personal information unless you are the one who have made the call, and you are certain of the identity of the person you are speaking to. A bank will never contact and make request for your information or to transfer money from your accounts.