Telephone fraudsters stole 5000 euros from an 83-year-old Tölzer.
The money is probably lost forever.
Bad Tölz - The 83-year-old Tölz's phone rang on Wednesday.
The caller informed the man that he had won 28,000 euros.
A little later another caller answered and announced that it was now a profit of 82,550 euros.
However, there would be transport costs for the suitcase.
In order to settle this, the Tölzer should please purchase Google Play cards for 6000 euros and inform the caller of the codes on them.
Supermarket employee is suspicious and notifies the police
The 83-year-old bought Google Play cards for 5000 euros in a Tölz supermarket on Wednesday and transmitted the codes.
When he came back the next day to buy codes for another 1000 euros, an employee was puzzled.
She called the police.
Money is likely to be irretrievably lost for the 83-year-old
The officials told the retiree that he was a victim of fraud.
The money must be irretrievably lost for the man.
The phone number of the caller was shown on the 83-year-old's display, but the Tölzer had not memorized or noted it.
And even if: "It is usually the case that telephone numbers that are used for fraudulent calls do not exist or are generated via so-called call ID spoofing," said the police.
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