People are being warned about a new scam which involves members of the public being called by someone claiming to be from the Northamptonshire Police crime prevention team.
A woman contacts the member of the public via telephone and requests personal details including name, address and when they are usually at home and offers to have CCTV cameras installed.
Paul Golley, Prevention Team Leader at Northamptonshire Police, said: “We will never phone someone and ask for those details and the crime prevention team do not make speculative phone calls such as this.
“Our advice is to never give any personal details to someone who has phoned you without checking who they are first. Any genuine caller will be happy for you to hang up and call them back on a phone number you already have. Never call someone back on a phone number they have given you.”
Useful tips;
- Never give personal information over the phone to someone you don’t know
- Always question why someone is calling you and asking for personal information
- Don’t be afraid to hang up
- Never call someone back on the phone number they have given you
- Call police on 101 if you think you have been targeted by a scam
- More advice is available at Northants.Police.uk/CrimePrevention