Brazen lottery rip-offs are making the rounds - how to recognize the fraud. Criminal telephone scammers are currently posing as lottery company employees.
What you should never do and how you can best protect yourself from it. An elderly couple fell victim to a telephone scam in which the fraudsters stole over 35,000 euros. The cases of fraud are becoming increasingly bold and dangerous. A particularly perfidious scam is the grandchild trick or shock call, which is used to specifically target senior citizens.