Fake police officers: Elderly woman loses over 50,000 euros to telephone scammers
Created: 08/05/2022Updated: 08/05/2022 11:09 am
By: Catherine Bromberger
A senior woman in her 90s has been the victim of fake police officers.
© Arno Burgi
Fraudulent phone calls take on a new dimension.
A senior woman, over 90 years old, from the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has now lost over 50,000 euros as a result.
The police urgently appealed to all those affected: "Just hang up."
At around 11:30 a.m. the phone rang.
The senior from the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, already over 90 years old, is losing weight.
At the other end, a man's tearful voice, sobbing the following words into the phone: "Mom!
You have to help me.
I drove a woman to death and now I have to go to jail.” A fake police officer and a fake prosecutor join the call, telling the woman that the alleged son could avoid jail time by paying high bail.
The fraudsters who contacted the elderly woman on Thursday, August 4, acted so perfidiously once again.
As the police headquarters Oberbayern Süd further reports, "the frightened lady believes the fabricated story and gives the callers candid information about her belongings, which she can quickly organize for the release of her son".
The value: 50,000 euros.
She wants to give everything to help her supposed son in need.
Fictional police officer takes alleged bail for son
Callers instruct them to bag any cash, jewelry, and valuables they have at home and have them ready for pickup.
Another cop or court clerk would come by her house.
Only a short time later, the fictitious officer appears at the old woman's front door, accepts the alleged deposit - and marches off with it.
Once again, telephone fraudsters made enormous loot of around 50,000 euros.
"Although their perfidious tricks are well known, unfortunately it is still mainly senior citizens who fall victim to the invented stories, which means that they sometimes lose horrendous sums of money," the police said.
describes the police headquarters Oberbayern Süd.
Just a week ago, a senior citizen in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district lost cash and valuables worth over 60,000 euros to a shock call from telephone scammers.
The police urgently addressed all potential victims with their appeal: "Just hang up."
The Criminal Police Inspectorate has now taken over the investigation.
Fraudulent phone calls: What the police advise in such cases
Do not allow yourself to be put under pressure,
not even by allegedly urgent investigations, e.g.
B. to a burglary in the vicinity or an urgent deposit to be paid!
The police will never ask you for cash, money transfers or valuables to conduct an investigation!
Just hang up!
The younger generation in particular is expressly requested:
Speak openly about the perfidious scams of telephone scammers and thus sensitize your close relatives and acquaintances who could become victims of such underhanded calls.
Never give information about your belongings
, your cash and your valuables on the phone!
Just hang up!
Do not let anyone into your home
who wants to see where you keep your money or jewellery!
Never call back using the number displayed on the phone!
DO NOT press redial.
Hang up and dial the emergency number 110 again!
