Wrong police on the phone: senior citizen is brought to savings!

Wrong police on the phone: senior citizen is brought to savings!

An alarming event occurred on Wednesday, October 9, in Wassenberg, as a senior citizen was the victim of a sophisticated trick fraud. Around 3:30 p.m. she received a call that initially looked completely harmless. A woman at the other end of the line introduced herself as a police officer and informed her in an urgent way that her name and address would be on a list of fraudsters. These fraudsters would have targeted their money.

In a clear attempt to move the senior citizen to quick action, the supposed police officer asked her to withdraw a medium four -digit amount of cash from her bank. The lady was instructed to put the money in a pocket and then put it on her property. Without knowing that she had been on a fraudster, the senior citizen followed the instructions. As a result, the money was picked up by the perpetrators without the senior one saw someone.

The investigation runs