South Australian police prevented an elderly male driver in Adelaide from depositing ‘thousands’ of dollars to scammers.
While driving, the elderly man was in conversation with someone pretending to be a major bank, claiming 'two illegal transactions had been taken from his account'.
It was not until he was spotted making an unauthorised road turn, police stopped the elderly driver and questioned him. At that point, police learnt of the scam call.
Police urge the public never to give personal, credit card or online details over the phone unless you made the call or if you are dealing with a trusted source.