Trick fraud: Police clarify with theater

Created: 12/21/2022, 5:47 p.m

By: Lara Listl

Not an actor: Dominik Dobmeier is deputy head of the Planegg police station and spoke about current tricks after a theater performance on the subject of scams.

© : Michael Schönwalder

Con artists steal a lot of money, especially from seniors.

The police in the Würmtal wants to clarify this and also relies on unusual methods such as plays.

Planegg

– The doorbell rings.

When the resident opens, there is a craftswoman there.

Frantically she tells him about water damage in the apartment above and that she has to go to his bathroom immediately to prevent further damage.

The man is skeptical.

The story seems strange to him.

He brushes off the handyman, slams the door and goes back into his living room.

Only to discover that a thief has crept in through the open terrace door.

Cash and valuables have disappeared.

Police officers and Theater Reply warn against unscrupulous tricks by tricksters in the Planegger Kupferhaus

A typical scam of con artists.

In this case, the scene took place on the stage of the Planegger Kupferhaus.

Two actresses from the "Replay Theater" performed the participatory play "Grüß Gott, it's nice that you are here!" as part of a police information campaign.

With the help of role-playing games, the actresses showed unscrupulous methods used by gangs of fraudsters.

Actress Pascale Ruppel mimed the craftswoman, her colleague Kathrin Gerlsbeck the burglar and a theatergoer the inhabitant of the fictional home on stage.

In addition to the direct dialogue with the actresses, the theatergoers also had the opportunity to ask the police officers present questions about prevention options.

Whether it is a fake bank clerk in a pinstripe suit who says that the 1,000 euros that the grandson has just withdrawn are counterfeit money and that she must secure it immediately.

Or a friendly caller who pretends to be a grandchild in need of money - the message from Ruppel and Gerlsbeck was clear: con artists are professionals whose sophisticated tricks can fool anyone.

Con artists are professionals whose sophisticated tricks anyone can fall for

As a rule, con artists work in a collective and are always coming up with new tactics, reported the deputy head of the Planegger Police Inspectorate 46, Dominik Dobmeier.

Responsible for the Würmtal communities of Planegg, Graefelfing, Krailling and Neuried as well as the Gautinger district of Stockdorf, the officials regularly deal with so-called shock calls and grandchildren tricks.

"The topic is more topical than ever," emphasized Holger Schmidt, Criminal Director at Munich Police Headquarters and Managing Director of the Munich Security Forum Association.

A gang of con artists from Turkey was recently caught in the state capital.

But there are many other gangs at large.

Preventive measures such as the play shown are therefore a matter close to his heart.

Most con artists work in a collective and are always coming up with new tactics

Mostly, con artists are targeting seniors.

The perpetrators look for older-sounding first names in the phone book and call from a fake telephone number, which often contains the digits 110.

They pose as relatives, police officers or prosecutors in order to rip off as much money and valuables as possible with the help of a made-up story.

As an alternative to calling, they sometimes ring the doorbell directly.

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As the police officers of the Planegger inspection in the Kupferhaus emphasized, the most important thing is to contact the police directly in the event of such a call or visit.

This is the only way the scammers can be tracked and caught.

It is also important to know that real police officers or prosecutors never ask for money or valuables to be picked up and that the number 110 can be called, but cannot itself appear as a call number on the display.

If this is the case, it is an attempt at fraud.

Planegger police officers give tips on how to prevent tricksters

The police officers also gave the tip to shorten the first name in the phone book to the first letter or to have it removed completely.

The theatergoers could do this directly using the lists provided.

The event received a lot of applause from the visitors in the Planegger Kupferhaus.