An unknown caller tricked a man (83) into winning the lottery.
However, the 83-year-old should pay beforehand - with Google Play cards.
But a cashier pricked up her ears.
Kempten - On Wednesday afternoon (December 2nd) the
cashier of a drugstore
informed
the police.
An elderly man wanted to buy hundreds of euros worth of Google Play cards.
The woman saved the senior (83) from continued fraud, as the police said.
Telephone fraud in Kempten: Stranger pretends to win the lottery senior
It turned out that a
stranger had
contacted the 83-year-old by phone and promised him a lottery * win of 300,000 euros.
However, the man had to pay a tax of 4,000 euros beforehand.
He should settle this in the form of Google Play cards.
By the time the cashier spoke to him, the elderly gentleman had already bought cards worth 2500 euros.
He had already given the codes of two cards worth a total of 1000 euros to the unknown perpetrator over the phone.
"If the employee of the drugstore had not reacted so carefully and asked the elderly gentleman about the large number of cards and their high amounts, he would have
suffered
even greater
damage
," said the police.
Telephone fraud in Bavaria: The police are aware of the scam
The police are very familiar with the procedure: A caller answers with “the joyful announcement of a win” and alludes to the participant's participation in competitions in the past.
Through skillful conversation, they convey "that there is only one hurdle between the called party and the profit: the supposed
fees, taxes or notary fees
".
The police said in a press release.
But: "The corresponding profits do not exist, the fees are transferred immediately via anonymous payment methods - mostly abroad."
In the city of Kempten and in the Oberallgäu district alone,
call fraudsters have
already
captured
around 37,000 euros with the scam this year.
Fraud with alleged lottery winnings - police advise: "Do not make any promises on the phone"
The police advise:
Make yourself aware: if you have not participated in a lottery *, you cannot have won anything!
• Make your family members aware of the issue.
• Never
spend money to
claim a supposed profit or pay any fees.
• Do not make any promises on the phone.
• Never give out personal information: no phone numbers and addresses, bank account details, bank codes, credit card numbers or the like.
• Ask the caller for the name, address and telephone number of those responsible, what type of competition it is and what exactly you have won.
Make a note of his answers.
Further information is available at www.polizei-beratung.de
Video: Never say this word on the phone
Fraud with alleged lottery winnings: appeal to employees of shops and petrol stations
The
police are
also asking that employees of shops, petrol stations and financial institutions that sell prepaid cards pay attention when older people want to buy them.
"You should point out that you may have been the victim of a scam and the police should also be notified via an emergency call."
(Came) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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