US EditionShock call: Asslinger (74) hands over 25 000 euros in envelope to fraudsters
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An octogenarian fell for a trick and ended up handing his card to two individuals who pretended to be bank representatives.
Thinking of helping a woman he had contacted on a dating site, an Annay-sous-Lens retiree pays 70,000 euros to a crook. He is now overindebted and fears to have to sell his house without any guarantee about his future.
In Aßling, a pensioner packs 25,000 euros in a box and leaves it on her doorstep – because fake police officers tell her the money needs to be protected from a robbery. She sees through the trick too late.
Again shock callers have struck: the victim is this time a 74-year-old woman from Assling. She handed over 25 000 euros to fraudsters.
A 70-year-old Gelsenkirchen woman suffered a high financial loss on the Internet on Thursday, 17.04.25. In the belief that she had a virus on her computer, she searched the Internet for help and unfortunately came to a fraudster. Through clever conversation management, the alleged employee of a well-known software company managed to get online access to the computer of the victims. So he finally got to the online banking site. Here he then booke…
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