Wrong policeman in Villach: Call exposed by shock!

Wrong policeman in Villach: Call exposed by shock!

In a shocking fraud in Villach, a pensioner fell victim to a so -called "deposit" on February 19, 2025. Unknown perpetrators who spoke as police officers called the elderly lady and invented a dramatic story: their daughter is said to have caused a serious traffic accident that affected an 11-year-old girl. In order to prevent an impending detention of her daughter, the woman was urged to pay a bail of six figures. Overwhelmed by the situation, she went to a given address, where she gave the fraudster the money before finally dug and informed her daughter, as gailtal-journal.at reported.

The situation escalated when the perpetrator again asked the pensioner to hand over the money in the evening. At that time the daughter alerted the police. Officials from the operational criminal service of the Villach city police command were able to arrest the 31-year-old Serbian perpetrator in the attempted second handover. In the suspect's backpack, the emergency services found the entire captured cash, which fortunately could be returned to the affected pensioner. As 5min.at , the man was then admitted to the Klagenfurt judgment.

Investigations after further victims

The investigation was taken over by the State Criminal Police Office in Lower Austria, since the criminal officers assume that the arrested person could possibly be responsible for other similar offenses. Therefore, possible other victims are called to contact the investigators on 059133-30-3333 to prevent further fraud.