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"Woman told me that my son has Corona": Munich woman reports terrible experience

2021-02-05T09:40:11.671Z


It is a horror for every parent: A phone call that their own child has Corona. But in this case, the "doctors" are only interested in money - with a brazen scam.


It is a horror for every parent: A phone call that their own child has Corona.

But in this case, the "doctors" are only interested in money - with a brazen scam.

Munich - Inge P. (73) was about to bake cake when the call came.

"A woman told me that my son is in the clinic because of a corona infection and has a high fever." He is in a bad way - a new drug could help, but it has not yet been approved.

“She said I have to advance the money, the health insurance will take it over later.

I should pay a total of 41,000 euros in cash. "

At least by now Inge P. realized that something was wrong here.

“At first I was shocked by the news about my son.

The woman also wanted to put me through to the doctor directly.

But I didn't have that much money at home, ”says the senior citizen.

Only later did she find out that corona scammers were on the phone - and not a secretary and the senior doctor of a clinic.

Corona trick: More and more seniors in and around Munich are falling into the trap

The Corona trick is the latest scam by fraudsters, and more and more seniors in and around Munich * are falling into the trap.

"The perpetrators are highly manipulative, sometimes putting their victims under pressure for hours," says Ronny Ledwoch from the Munich police.

Inge P., however, did not fall for the scam - also thanks to her husband Fritz (72).

"He said I should try to call the son."

When the scammers heard this, they immediately hung up.

"It was clear that they were criminals," says Inge P., who lives in Alling (near Fürstenfeldbruck).

She called the local police and filed a complaint.

"The lady acted exactly right," says Andreas Ruch from the Germering police station.

Because the damage caused by fraud is now in the millions, as current figures from the Ministry of the Interior show.

- Andreas Thieme - * tz.de is part of the Ippen network.

Source: merkur

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