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Former police officer (70) tricks shock caller – and overwhelms him in the apartment

2023-03-07T19:43:35.399Z


A retired couple was supposed to pay 21,000 euros, instead they tricked the shock caller and handed the alleged courier over to the police.


A retired couple was supposed to pay 21,000 euros, instead they tricked the shock caller and handed the alleged courier over to the police.

Krumbach – Scammers repeatedly try to get their victims to hand over large sums of money by means of shock calls and psychological interviewing.

In Krumbach, a former police officer successfully hunted down a criminal.

Shock caller tricked: Eheappar hands over the courier to the police

As the Swabian police announced, on March 3, a couple alternately received calls from the wrong police officer and a wrong public prosecutor.

The 65- and 70-year-old couple were told their son had caused a serious traffic accident that killed an elderly woman.

In order to prevent their son from being taken into custody, the couple would have to pay bail of 21,000 euros, the callers demanded.

The 70-year-old - a retired police officer - accepted the caller's conversation and pretended to want to comply with his demands.

At the same time, his wife called the right police for help.

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“Shock callers” demand large sums of money from their victims in order to help alleged relatives in need.

© IMAGO/photo booth / K. Schmitt

Brazen scammers: "Financial cashiers" wanted to pick up the deposit in cash

The scammers asked the senior to withdraw the money from his bank and give it to a courier in cash.

After various bank and identity card data as well as banknote numbers had been compared, an employee of the "financial office" announced that he would personally collect the deposit from the couple's apartment.

When the alleged courier was standing in front of the 70-year-old's apartment shortly afterwards, he was overpowered by the former police officer and handed over to the alarmed officials a little later.

The alleged collector was a 32-year-old who was arrested the next day.

The investigations into the possible masterminds and other backers are ongoing, as the Memmingen Criminal Police Inspectorate announced.

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Seniors are more likely to be victims: the police give tips on how to deal with them

Older people in particular are often surprised by such “shock calls” over the phone.

The scammers try to create a moment of shock in the conversation and thus urge the victim to act imprudently.

This happens, for example, by claiming that relatives or close acquaintances are in an emergency, which can only be averted by the immediate payment of a large sum of money by the victim.

The police are therefore giving tips on how to deal with such calls and make it clear: “Police officers, prosecutors or judges will never ask you for sums of money or valuables.

So be suspicious of such demands and end the phone call.” Those affected should also not disclose any personal data, especially financial information, on the phone.

"Don't let yourself be pressured on the phone.

Just hang up.

Never give money to strangers," the police said.

If in doubt, the police should always be alerted.

Just a few days ago, a 75-year-old man fell for the shock call from scammers.

Because they pretended to be family members in need, he gave them 80,000 euros.

(mlh)

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