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Scot lost £58k in 'sophisticated' phone scam which saw crooks use name of bank worker

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A warning has been issued over a ‘sophisticated’ telephone bank scam which saw an East Lothian man lose almost £58,000. Scammers claimed to be a legitimate employee from the man’s bank and told the victim that there was fraudulent activity on his account.

The con artist asked the 57-year-old if he would assist Police Scotland in an internal investigation and even provided phone numbers which appeared to belong to the force.

After carrying out a number of checks, the victim transferred the funds before later realising he had been scammed.Detective Constable Garry Mauran said: “This was a very sophisticated scam.“The man genuinely thought he was assisting the bank and the police frauds department and made genuine efforts to check this was

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