Woman Loses £11k in Courier Scam

0:00On April 18, a 38-year-old woman from Alpharton in Derbyshire just lost 11,000 pounds from her bank accounts in under four hours to a slick, courier scam. Scammers pretending to be from that West Fraud team in Merzyside Police convinced Samantha Bradshaw to hand over her cars to a fake courier, who, chilled up, read at her door. They fed her a convincing story about arresting suspects with her duplicated cards, even giving her a phony police number that checked out online, and a realistic crime reference. She stayed on the phone the whole time while they changed passwords and got her pen, then drained everything before ghosting her. Samantha called it terrifying, especially with the courier at her home, and it left her two anxious to function, skipping work and school runs. Police say these courier frauds hit anyone, not just elderly, and the couriers might not even know they're part of the con. Luckily, that West reimbursed her after four days thanks to her support network, but Derbyshire Police are still investigating. Now she's super vigilant, ignoring unknown calls, and experts urge verifying cops on 101,

1:05or banks on 159, real ones never asked for. Your pen or cards, stay sharp out there folks, scams like this prey on good intentions, but hanging up first could save your stack.