Police are warning people to be aware of a phone scam after a 90-year-old Alexandra man was nearly conned out of hundreds of dollars. Central Otago sub-area supervisor Senior Sergeant Ian Kerrisk said Alexandra police were told an elderly Alexandra man was nearly scammed in the last week by a company selling holidays. The bank staff took the man to the police station after becoming concerned he was being scammed, Snr Sgt Kerrisk said. The representative, who was a man, was insistent and swore at the elderly Alexandra man. When he hung up another man called and also aggressively tried to get the man to give up the voucher numbers, Snr Sgt Kerrisk said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 24, 2017 02:26 UTC