Police Scotland is investigating an attempt to obtain a very large four figure amount of money from an elderly lady in Eastriggs over the weekend. The lady had work done to the roof of her home, and was then given what appears to have been an overinflated demand for the work carried out.
Constable Paul Kempsell at Annan said “we were alerted to this incident after the lady in question attempted to withdraw a very large amount of cash from her savings account to pay for this work. Good work by the staff at the building society halted the withdrawal of the money from the account. As a result an investigation has been started to trace those responsible for this despicable act. Once again the public are reminded about the dangers of dealing with cold callers at the door. Our message is clear, used tried and trusted traders for your home improvement or repairs and again we would ask those with elderly neighbours, friends or relatives to highlight these dangers to them. There is no doubt that these type of unscrupulous characters do prey on the vulnerable in our community.”
