On Thursday, January 26, 2023, seven residents from Ashford, Canterbury, and Folkestone were contacted by someone claiming to work for ‘Hammersmith Police.
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The fraudster informed five victims that they had been arrested while attempting to use a bank card or a cloned bank card in their name. One of the victims was instructed to call 999, but the scammer remained on the line and connected to the same phone number.