Fraudster steals £40k from pensioner

Residents are being urged to remain vigilant after a pensioner in the Scottish Borders lost more than £40,000 to fraud.

The woman from Kelso, who is in her 70s, received a callfromamanclaimingto be from her bank who said there had been fraudulent activity on her account.

He told her to attend her local branch and transfer funds into other bank accounts, allegedly set up in her name, until this issue was resolved.

Between 9 and 10 March, the woman made five bank transfers to five different accounts totalling over £40,000.

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