Fraudulent game: false police officers rob gold bars from pensioners!

Fraudulent game: false police officers rob gold bars from pensioners!

Hamburg-Rahlstedt, Nordlandweg, Deutschland - On January 8, 2025, the police report on several robberies in Hamburg, which took place between January 7, 2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A total of three senior citizens who became all victims of dubious callers and supposed police officers are affected.

The first incident occurred when an 84-year-old received a call from an alleged bank employee. In the course of the conversation, a "police officer" asked her to publish her valuables and bank card. According to the description of the perpetrator, it was a slim man with a size between 175 and 180 cm, medium -blonde hair that wore a gray jacket and wore glasses.

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In the second incident, an 88-year-old and a 91-year-old were visited by a man who spent himself as a police officer. He demanded cash and jewelry from the two seniors. Here the police describe the perpetrator as about 180 cm tall, slim, with hair and dark outer clothing.

The third senior, an 89-year-old, received a call from a supposed bank employee. A young man pretended to be a police officer and asked for cash and jewelry. The perpetrator was described as 25 to 30 years old, slim and with the Mediterranean appearance, and wore dark jeans and a dark slide hat.

In another message, the NDR report that a 70-year-old pensioner in Hamburg was also victims of fraudsters who spoke out as police officers. The perpetrators captured several gold bars worth over one million euros. They put the pensioner under pressure by pretending him that a clerk had been found in a arrested burglar. He was then asked to get his valuables from the bank and handed over the bag with the gold bars in Altona.

The Hamburg police currently registered 370 cases of fraud with false officials this year. The fraudsters were successful in about every tenth of these cases. In addition to the previous incidents, the police also warn of false apartment advertisements that have already affected 130 people. Shock calls are increasingly attracted to the police's attention, in Hamburg's fraudsters in Hamburg.

The police ask for information in this context and encourages witnesses to report on 040/4286 - 56789. In addition, it reminds the public of important warnings: not to answer any telephone inquiries about assets and not hand over any assets to strangers. If suspected, the phone call should be ended immediately and the police should be called back. It is also recommended to speak to confidants and not to enter full names in the phone book.

The crime statistics show that five robberies in apartments were recorded in Stormarn in 2022, everyone could be informed. In 60 percent of the cases, they were attempted crimes. In the previous year there were seven robberies that were also enlightened 100 percent. and West-Ost-media