Scammers conning sums of money from public in duplicitious telephone calls - PSNI ask the public ever give out personal details, passwords, details of your bank accounts over the phone

In a post on Facebook they say: “Following yesterday’s post warning about scams here is another one to make you all aware of...

“People pretending to be from a well known company called a member of the public asking if they wished to cancel a subscription for their service.

“They offered to access their computer and cancel it when the person didn’t know how.

“This resulted in a sum of money being taken from their bank account.

“Legitimate companies WILL NOT DO THIS.

“Please never give out personal details, passwords, details of your bank accounts or passwords over the phone.

“#scamwise”

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