Qld premier warns of bogus SES callers

Fraudsters are offering to relocate the belongings of far north Queensland residents affected by tropical cycle Ita, Premier Campbell Newman warns.

Mr Newman says callers posing as SES volunteers are phoning people in Cairns and offering to shift their goods to a safer place.

Reports on Twitter on Friday suggest people in Innisfail, hit hard in recent years by cyclones Yasi and Larry, are also getting the calls.

Mr Newman says he is unsure of the number of bogus calls and warns people to deal only with properly identifiable SES workers.

"There have been some reports that I have just received about bogus calls to people in this area, in the Cairns area, who are claiming to be SES and saying they are willing to take people's stuff away to a safe, dry place," he told the ABC.

"Don't deal with people unless they are proper SES people with the uniforms, with the ID. That's something we need to warn people about.

"The proper authorities should come to you if there is a need to evacuate or take some sort of action."

Mr Newman promised police would come down hard on fraudsters.

"If people are pulling stunts like that, we will track you down and you'll be in a lot of trouble," he said.