Those who receive calls from companies announcing work on behalf of others should be extremely vigilant.
Unterbrunn - The Gautingen police are calling for this against the background of a case in Unterbrunn. An 81-year-old was called on Wednesday by a company that claimed to be working “on behalf of the regional water company” and to carry out an allegedly mandatory pressure test throughout the property at 1 p.m. on Thursday. The 81-year-old found this suspicious, however, and informed his son, who in turn asked the water supplier. Result: The supplier had not commissioned a company. The police were called in, officers lay in wait.
"Unfortunately, the fraudulent company did not come to the scene," said Gauting's police chief Ernst Wiedemann on Friday. He warns "again urgently against companies that appear without an order and do pointless activities for a lot of money". At the moment, not only in Gauting, fraudsters are trying to trick older people with grandchildren's trick, as false police officers or with promises of profit. The Kripo Fürstenfeldbruck alone processed around 1000 reports this year, announced the police headquarters of Upper Bavaria North.
The tips: “Be suspicious of such calls! Talk to other family members or acquaintances after a call with financial claims. Do not respond to requests for transfer or transfer of money! Never give money or valuables to unknown people! ”In case of doubt, the conversation should be ended as soon as possible without revealing personal data or information about existing valuables or cash.
