Scam suspected after phone call

Constable Andy Denny.
Constable Andy Denny.
A Balclutha woman has been targeted in what she believes is a telephone scam.

Constable Andy Denny, of Balclutha, said an 80-year-old woman was contacted on her landline phone yesterday just before 3pm. She described the caller as a male with a foreign accent who claimed to be a consultant from Balclutha Hospital.

The man asked her about her medical records and she became suspicious.

She was offered medication and fenugreek seed oil at a "much reduced price''. Suspecting it was a scam to obtain her account details, she ended the call.

She confirmed with Clutha Health First that no-one would have contacted her in such a way.

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