People in Bridport are being targeted by scammers. 

Police are urging residents to be vigilant. 

They say there have been a couple of scams that have occurred across the Bridport area in the past few days. 

Victims have been duped into withdrawing large sums of money and handing it over to the scammers, who are purporting to be police officers.

Callers state that they are from the Police and are investigating the recipients bank for fraudulent bank notes and ask the recipients to withdraw large amounts of money so that the notes and serial numbers can be checked.

They will then say that an officer will attend the following day and provide a password that is arranged with the recipient and then take the notes for testing.

Police warn they DO NOT do this.  They will never ask for bank or pin details, or ask you to transfer funds.

They will never ask you to hand over cash to a courier.

If you receive a similar call, you should just hang up.

If you are called by someone purporting to be a police officer (especially if they say they are not from Dorset Police) and you have not reported a crime or incident, it is likely a scam.
If you are unsure, take the officer's name, collar number, force and station at which they are based. Then hang up, wait for a couple minutes and check there is a dial tone.  
Call 101 and choose the option for that Force and check with that Force if they have an Officer with those details and if they are trying to contact you legitimately.  Never use a number provided by a caller as this will be wrong.

If you are unsure about any cold caller, always be cautious and hang up before getting into any detailed discussion, as callers can sound more genuine the more they keep talking.

Any caller wanting details from you is likely a scammer.

Never give personal or financial details to any caller.