Police catches fraudsters after shock call on the A96 in Leutkirch!

Police catches fraudsters after shock 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 who cheated on shock calls for their savings. The police stopped the suspect's vehicle at 4:45 p.m. on the A 96, after the Leutkirch-Süd junction, during a routine traffic control. His strikingly nervous behavior let the officials look more closely at, which led to the discovery of a five-digit euro amount in the car, like that Screen newspaper reported.

In the course of the investigation, it turned out that a 63-year-old senior from Wangen had previously received a call, which had tempted him to hand over 30,000 euros to Ravensburger Marienplatz under the pretext of a bad accident. This happened in a perfidious stitch that serves to manipulate the victims emotionally, as well as All-in reported. The arrested, a Polish citizen, was demonstrated on Friday afternoon to a judge who ordered custody for him because there was suspicion of gang fraud.

The background of the fraud stitch

The shock call, which leads to such scams, is a widespread method among criminals. The perpetrators often vary as relatives or acquaintances and use emotionally stressful situations to obtain money. The police urgently warns of such calls and advises never to hand over money or valuable items to unknown people and, if in doubt, consult with family members or friends.