Police catch fraudsters after shocking call on the A96 in Leutkirch!

Police catch fraudsters after shocking call on the A96 in Leutkirch!

Ravensburg and Leutkirch are in shock: On Thursday afternoon, a 46-year-old man was arrested as a suspected member of a fraud gang that cheated seniors out of their savings via shock calls. The police stopped the suspect's vehicle at around 4:45 p.m. on the A 96, after the Leutkirch-Süd junction, during a routine traffic stop. His noticeably nervous behavior caused the officers to take a closer look, which led to the discovery of a five-figure euro amount in the car screen newspaper reported.

During the course of the investigation, it emerged that a 63-year-old senior citizen from Wangen had previously received a call that tricked him into handing over 30,000 euros to Ravensburg's Marienplatz under the pretext of a serious accident involving his relatives. This was done in a perfidious ploy designed to emotionally manipulate the victims as well All in reported. The arrested man, a Polish national, was brought before a judge on Friday afternoon, who ordered him into custody on suspicion of gang fraud.

The background to the scam

The shock call that triggers such scams is a common method among criminals. The perpetrators often pose as relatives or acquaintances and use emotionally stressful situations to obtain money. The police warn urgently against such calls and advise never to hand over money or valuable items to unknown people and, if in doubt, to consult family members or friends.