Alarming: Fraudsters vose as police officers - this is how they protect themselves!

Alarming: Fraudsters vose as police officers - this is how they protect themselves!

In Wittenberg and Carinthia, fraudulent phone calls from so -called police officers caused a sensation. On December 12th, an 80-year-old Wittenberger received a call from a supposed police officer named Mr. Berg from Dessau, who claimed that her son was involved in a serious traffic accident. The resolute lady was not so easy to intimidate: she found that the name mentioned did not match that of her sons, whereupon the caller suddenly ended the conversation. The police urged this fraudulent stitch, which often pursue formats similar to the well -known grandchildren. The fraudsters try to pronounce money from the victims by pretending a catastrophic situation. According to information from mz.de it is important to keep calm at such moments and immediately inform the police.

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in Carinthia recently also increased by such telephone fraud, where false police officers tried to blackmail older people. Particularly perfidious: The perpetrators stated that relatives had been involved in deadly traffic accidents and needed money to avoid detention. A 51-year-old from St. Veit was cheated by several tens of thousands and only later issued a complaint to the police when she drew distrust. Fortunately, a taxi driver prevented a different handover when he noticed that an 85-year-old was about to hand over 60,000 euros to free her daughter from custody. The woman was contacted by an alleged criminal officer who described the shocking incident.

These attempts to fraud are not only frightening, but also testify to an increasing audacity among the perpetrators. The police in Carinthia appeals to the population to put up immediately when they receive calls from such false officials, and immediately contact the supposedly affected relatives or contact the police. Warnings were also distributed in the media to protect older people from this threatening tactic, such as OE24.at reported.