Potsdam: Shock call - senior woman loses 220,000 euros to fraudsters

Fraudsters stole money and valuables worth 220,000 euros from a senior citizen in Potsdam. This was announced by the West Police Department. The perpetrators pretended over the phone to the woman early Wednesday evening that her son had caused a fatal accident and needed bail to be released from alleged detention. After the interview, the elderly woman went to an agreed delivery location in Babelsberg-North and, according to police, gave money a…

A hitherto unknown man took gold and coins worth about 200,000 euros in Swabia with a shock call. He told the 73-year-old on the phone that his wife had built a fatal traffic accident, as the police reported. A pregnant woman had died. In order to avert an immediate detention of his wife, he had to pay 50,000 euros. As a means of pressure, a crying woman gave herself in the call as his wife. The man drove to the district court of Kaufbeuren for …

Fraudsters tricked a man in Kaufbeuren into paying a large sum of money. He handed over a bag of gold and coins to an unknown person.