In the Langwasser district, a 60-year-old has become a victim of fraudsters.
One of the women posed as a miracle healer.
The police are looking for witnesses.
Nuremberg - On Thursday afternoon (April 22nd) two con artists met a woman in the Langwasser district of Nuremberg.
They pretended to be faith healers and stolen a large amount of money.
The police are looking for witnesses and are warning of the series of frauds.
At around 2.30 p.m., the 60-year-old victim was spoken to in Russian by an unknown woman in Wettersteinstrasse near Hochgernstrasse in Nuremberg *.
The cheater posed as a fortune teller and faith healer.
Because of her supernatural abilities, she knew that the husband and son of the woman addressed were very sick and would soon die, she said.
Nuremberg: accomplice convinced the victim of credibility
As the police headquarters in Middle Franconia * wrote in a message, the fraudster's accomplice joined shortly afterwards.
She pretended to the injured party that the alleged faith healer had already helped her with her skills.
That convinced the 60-year-old and she was persuaded to buy eggs for a ritual with the new woman in a nearby supermarket.
The fate of the relatives of the 60-year-olds could be changed for the better through the ritual, promised the two fraudsters.
After the procedure, the faith healer asked the injured party about her financial situation.
She persuaded the woman to get a five-figure sum of money and give it to her for further rituals.
When the fraudsters received the money, they fled in an unknown direction.
Nuremberg: Police assume a fraudster series and are looking for witnesses
The specialist commissioner of the Nuremberg criminal police has started investigations into trick theft.
The investigators assume that this is a new case in a whole series of trickery.
The Central Franconian police headquarters reported on similar cases on April 26 and April 14.
A fortune teller cheated on a senior citizen in Fürth for a lot of money.
Now the police are looking in particular for Russian-speaking witnesses who have also been approached by the con artist recently. In addition, she asks witnesses who noticed the two women in Nürnberg-Langwasser on Wettersteinstrasse during the period of the crime and in particular can provide information on the direction of the escape or a vehicle of the women to report. You may have noticed the egg ritual.
The alleged miracle healer is around 60 years old, 1.60 meters tall, stout and wore braids or a ponytail as well as black glasses, a purple jacket and black pants.
She had a black leather handbag with her.
Your accomplice is around 30 years old, 1.65 meters tall and slim.
She too had braids or a ponytail, wore a jacket with white and black squares, and had a black leather handbag with her.
Nuremberg: Police warn against false miracle healer
The criminal police asks witnesses who have made suspicious perceptions to contact the Criminal Police Service (KDD) Middle Franconia on (09 11) 21 12 33 33.
In this context, the police warned against fraud by alleged faith healers.
Be suspicious if you are approached by strangers on the street, she writes in the message.
The police also recommend that you refrain from providing information on financial circumstances to strangers or not being persuaded that a relative is ill or is threatened with disaster.
“If you have acquaintances of Russian origin or nationality, then point them out specifically about the scam,” the police also asked.
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