RESIDENTS are being warned about a bogus police officer who conned a woman out of £10,000.

The woman, in her 70s, was contacted continuously by phone between January 11 and January 16 by a man pretending to be a Detective Sergeant form the Metropoliton Police Service.

The so called ‘officer’ called the woman’s home phone and said that he was investigating counterfeit money and that he suspected the money in her bank to be fake.

He has then asked her to help him with his investigation by going to the bank for him and withdrawing more than £10,000 cash over a four day period. She has also been advised by the ‘officer’ not to tell anyone in the bank about the investigation.

The bogus police officer has then arranged for another person, claiming to be a courier, to collect the woman’s money, her bank cards and PIN numbers from her home address. A man has then turned up and told the women the money will be examined by the police.

The woman never met the man claiming to be a ‘detective’ but she did meet the ‘courier.

The 'courier' is described as: Black, possibly Kenyan, In his 30s, around 5’ 9”, brown eyes, short brown hair, a full brown beard and driving a three door black hatchback type vehicle that looked between six-eight-years-old.

Anyone with any information should call the police on 101, quoting 44180023297