Two pensioners have been conned out of thousands of pounds by people pretending to be from their bank.

A 72-year-old man answered the phone and spoke to a man claiming to work for a bank and claimed he would need to collect his bank card and issue a new one after a case where bank cards were being cloned.

During the conversation the resident of Woodcote Road, Wallington, shared personal and bank information to the man and arrangements were made to collect the cards on Thursday, September 15.

A woman arrived at 4pm that day to pick up the three cards and suggested the man should withdraw the money he had kept in his savings account and that she would put it in a savings account for him.

The pensioner then withdrew £3,100 from his bank, returned home and handed the cash to another female courier at about 5pm. He later discovered that £2,800 had been withdrawn using the cards he handed over earlier.

The first woman was described as white, between 30 to 40 years old, of slim build and had missing front teeth and spoke with British accent. The second was also described as being white, between 35 and 40-years-old and had long brown hair. She was wearing a brown spotty dress.

An 87-year-old woman was also tricked and eventually lost thousands following a conversation with man she believed was calling from her bank.

The Northwood Road resident gave her cards over to the man before a withdrawal of £2,150 was made at her branch in Wallington on Monday, September 5.

If you have any information call Sutton police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.