Humberside Police issue warning to public after several people receive hoax calls telling them loved one has died in road collision
Several people in Humberside reported the prank on Thursday, in which an unknown offender rang different phone numbers pretending to be a police officer.
A statement released by Humberside Police on Saturday said that receivers of the hoax call reported being told that a relative had been killed in a fatal collision.
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Hide AdDetective Inspector Andy Robinson, from the force, said: “I would like to reassure people that we are treating these as hoax calls and take matters of this nature extremely seriously.
“As police officers, we would never contact a member of the public by telephone to inform them of such a tragic and distressing incident."
He added that anybody who receives a call from someone claiming to be a police officer should ask which force they are calling from, then call 101 from a different number if possible.
Anybody who receives a similar call or who has information which can help the investigation is asked to contact the force on 101 quoting log 588 of Thursday, May 6.
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