Pensioners have been issued an urgent warning after victims have lost an average of £20,032 to the courier scams. Courier scams are where fraudsters pose as police officers or bank officials and trick vulnerable people into handing over money, valuables or bank cards to a courier. More than £28.7million was lost to courier fraud in the last year, according to data from Action Fraud. The found that people in their 80s are most likely to be targeted by criminals carrying out courier fraud, with this age range accounting for 43 per cent of all victims. The vulnerable people who are targeted are t…