Pensioner in Saalfelden: attempted fraud with a fake will exposed!

Pensioner in Saalfelden: attempted fraud with a fake will exposed!

In a shocking fraud case, a 71-year-old man from Pinzgau is accused of forging an estate in order to acquire a €400,000 single-family home. The Salzburg public prosecutor's office filed charges after the pensioner tried to acquire the property in the center of Saalfelden under the pretext of having written a will of his deceased acquaintances. The document was presumably written in block capitals and contained a forged signature, like this crown reported. The district court had already provisionally awarded him the property, which almost led him to success.

But the plan was discovered when other acquaintances of the deceased informed the police. This initiated an investigation in which an expert exposed the forgery of the will and stopped the transaction. The trial against the alleged perpetrator begins on March 19th, with a possible prison sentence of between one and ten years if convicted. Interestingly, it is rumored that he may have borrowed the idea from a TV series. This matter casts a shadow over the senior citizen, who will soon be held responsible before the Salzburg regional court.

Payout of winnings as bait

In another brazen scam, an 81-year-old from Pinzgau was defrauded of almost 30,000 euros. According to the police, the perpetrators relied on email communication to promise the senior citizen a seven-figure winnings. Multiple payments were demanded over a four-month period to settle alleged fees for receiving winnings of over two million euros. Despite repeated requests for payment, the competition fraud was just a perfidious scam. The 81-year-old and the unknown perpetrators found themselves in a lively email exchange until the large sum was finally transferred SN reported.