A Lismore woman has been scammed out of hundreds of dollars after clicking on a dodgy link in an email.

“On Monday, a local person received an email purportedly from Yahoo, saying that a new Yahoo account had been added to her Microsoft account,” crime prevention officer Senior Constable David Henderson said in a post on the Richmond PD Facebook page.

“It gave an option that ‘If this is not you. Click on the link’.

“Unfortunately, the victim clicked on the link, which has given scammers access to her computer - and her bank accounts.

“They wiped her Microsoft accounts so she could not access her computer then made three individual withdrawals of $289.95 from her account.

“The money only stopped leaving her account when she cancelled her credit card.

“We all receive emails like this from time to time.

“NO reputable company will act in this manner.

“If you get one do not click on any links, do not download any software and do not tell them your passwords.”