16 victims lose £650,000 to 'courier fraud' in past 6 weeks

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/fresh-warning-after-16-lose-savings-in-scam-1-3533296

6 September

Banks across the Capital [Edinburgh] were placed on high alert after 16 customers were fleeced out of savings worth more than £650,000 in the past six weeks.

One 53-year-old woman ­targeted in the ­“sophisticated and elaborate” con was instructed on how to move £163,499 into a new account. Much of the money from the scam, known as “vishing” was later recovered.