Police in Richmondshire have issued a warning following a spate of scam phone calls.
Residents are receiving calls from local numbers.
When answering they are given the instruction to press press 1, otherwise £600 would be transferred from their bank account.
Police have urged residents not to press 1 as this will mean they are charged high call rates or their details being shared.
A spokesperson for Richmondshire police said: “It does appear at first to be genuine be we can confirm that it is not genuine.”
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This happened to me yesterday. They said they were from bt I immediately put the phone down, get rang back ,again I put the phone down.