91-year-old ex-police officer swindled out of almost £15k by fraudsters

A 91-year-old ex-police officer has been left “devastated” after being swindled out of almost £15k by evil fraudsters - pretending to be from his BANK. Great-grandfather-of-three John Thompson had earmarked the hard-earned cash for his two grandchildren to help them get on to the property ladder. But the pensioner had a life-times work undone in the space of a few minutes after being conned by a group of convincing scammers. The father-of-one had a call blocking software installed on his landline phone two years ago to screen unwanted calls.