Seniors fall for fraudulent shock calls and lose five -digit sums of cash
On Friday, unknown persons pretended to be police officers in two cases and cheated older people by high sums of cash. The alleged perpetrators were very similar in the shock calls. The police reported on Sunday.
Cheaters fall back on similar tricks when calling for shocks in Munich
According to this, the phone rang on Friday evening at around 9:30 p.m. with a couple who lives in the Bogenhausen district in Munich. The unknown caller pretended to be a police officer And the couple tells that their son caused a fatal accident. If you didn’t pay a high deposit, the son would have to go to prison.
In the Englschalking district, there was also a similar case on Friday. A 90-year-old was informed about a fatal accident at around 2 p.m. on the phone that her daughter would have caused. The perpetrator also pretended to be a police officer and asked for a high deposit for the allegedly arrested daughter, as the civil servants write.
Seniors hand over several thousand euros to fraudsters after calls
In both cases, the victims of the shock calls each collected five -digit sums of cash together and handed over unknowns to their front door. Only later did the fraud noticed and they informed the police. In both cases, the civil servants ask for information.
The report is that family members would be involved in a tragic accident. Often the perpetrators would pretend to be a member of the judiciary or police. However, shock calls of this kind are not the only tricks with which older people are often stolen money. In general, civil servants recommend the following tips for the suspicion of fraud on the phone.
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- Inform family or relatives about the call.
- Do not reveal any details about the phone’s own financial situation.
- Leave no strangers into the apartment.
- Do not put pressure on the strangers.
- No money handed over to strangers and never put valuables in front of the door for collection.
- The police never ask directly for money or valuables.
