POLICE have issued a warning after a Peebles resident was duped out of thousands of pounds in a phone scam this week.

A male caller claiming to be from the TSB told the local resident on Monday that suspicious transactions had been noticed on their account.

And they requested that money from both the person's current and a savings accounts were transferred to safeguard them.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Unfortunately several thousand pounds were transferred before suspicions were raised and on contacting the bank they confirmed this was fraudulent.

Please be extremely wary of unsolicited calls or emails claiming to be from financial organisations or the HMRC, etc.

"Never engage with this type of caller or click on links in emails.

"Never agree to transfer money between accounts or to new accounts. Terminate the call or delete the email and contact the organisation using the number you would normally contact them on NOT the number given by the caller."