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88-Year-Old Says She Lost €4.8 Million to Phone Scammers

Phone scammers have managed to steal gold coins and jewellery worth nearly €4.8 million from an elderly woman in northern Greece, according to a complaint received by police.

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The case is being investigated by the White Tower Crime Investigation Department The post Thessaloniki: Major telephone scam with loot of 4,766 pounds and jewelry worth millions from an 88-year-old appeared first on in.gr.

·Greece
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With loot that is difficult to describe in words, unknown perpetrators fled from the home of an elderly woman in Thessaloniki, grabbing 4.7 million euros in gold coins and other valuables. The incident occurred at noon on Tuesday in Thessaloniki, when the perpetrators called the woman and pretended to be employees of the municipality of Thessaloniki. Citing the risk of electrocution due to work by an electricity company in the area, they convin…

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A phone call on Tuesday and an instruction to "leave the door open" led to 4,766 golden pounds being "made wings"

·Marousi, Greece
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The Greek Police are called upon to investigate the largest theft using the method of fraud in Thessaloniki as the value of the pounds …

An 88-year-old woman in Thessaloniki fell victim to an incredible fraud, when unknown persons pretended to be PPC employees and stole 4,766 gold coins and jewelry worth 4.7 million euros from her.

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A $5.5 million robbery took place in Greece, where an 88-year-old grandmother was robbed of her jewelry and gold coins after receiving a phone call. Shortly after...

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Protothema broke the news in Marousi, Greece on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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