The woman, who is aged in her 90s from the Swindon area, received a phone call from someone purporting to be a police officer on July 17.
The person on the phone claimed they were carrying out an investigation into a former bank employee who they alleged had deposited more than £4,000 into the victim’s bank account. They told the victim that she must transfer the money and in return she would receive gold bullion the following day.
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