The elderly couple were duped into buying gold thinking they were helping catch a fraudster.
An elderly couple has been defrauded out of £350,000 by someone claiming to be a Metropolitan Police officer.
The force's complex fraud team said: "Neither the police, nor your bank will ever ask you to withdraw money or buy gold or other products to send to them."It said the victims were first told to purchase £100,000 worth of watches and then, when this failed, gold bullion was delivered to the couple's address on three occasions.
The victims also received additional calls, pretending to be from their bank, to further legitimise the crime, Wiltshire Police said. "I would reinforce to everyone that has been defrauded in this way that this is not your fault, you have been a victim of a serious crime and support is available to help you."
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