From the local press.

https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/250 ... socialflow

This happened, or I should say that it nearly happened to my dad when he was in his 80s. In a phone call he was tricked into giving criminals access to his laptop. They did that by telling him that he was a part of a special operation by some kind of a national crime squad. To help them, he was told to go to his bank and draw out a few thousand pounds, so that when he came out, a criminal would approach him to ask him for the money. After this, they would swoop in and arrest the baddie and Dad would be a hero. They were going to call him again the next day to arrange things further. I'm glad that he phoned to let me know because I told him to stop any further contact. They phoned, and he ignored them, so they bricked his laptop with a virus they'd put on it. It wasn't so serious because it just meant reinstalling Windows (and I would have done that without the vandalising).

But anyway, it's nice to see that some of these bastards have been caught.

Oh is that what that was? Lowest of the the lowlife