On Whirlpool Embuy wrote: "Just been to police station to report this as I thought it was a bit more serious than the normal scam. There were 3 people there with the same message. (one older couple who were quite scared). The constable said he had had over 50 telephone calls in the last hour. They are aware of it and have reported it to the media. Lets hope no-one gets scammed. Sick people."