Six people have been jailed for using a phone scam to steal money from people's bank accounts - including a theft of nearly 13 thousand pounds from a resident of Tiverton. The judge described the gang as 'united by ferocious greed'.
The fraudsters phoned their victims pretending to be from their bank or credit card's security staff, claiming their accounts had been compromised and asking them to transfer their money to a new, so-called 'safe' account.
After giving the victim a number to call they pretended to hang up but in fact the caller was connected to another fraudster - who took their personal details.
In total the Glasgow based gang stole more than 1.3 million pounds - before a mistake enabled police to infiltrate the operation and bring them to justice.
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