On Thursday (August 11th) alone, two people from Grevenbroich filed a complaint because fraudsters had tried to get hold of the assets of older citizens over the phone.
The unknown callers pretended to be bank employees and claimed that the connection holders' lockers had to be temporarily emptied due to renovation work. They asked their victims to remove the valuables from the lockers on a certain date and keep them at home. It is speculation whether the telephone offer to pick it up again would have been made by a supposed employee. In fact, everyone called was skeptical and didn't fall for the scam.
Perpetrators are inventive when they want to cheat their victims out of their savings. These fraudulent acts can only be effectively counteracted by clarifying the callers' scams.
The police therefore ask you to share the information about these criminal activities with your relatives and acquaintances. In this way, you protect the people close to you from losing sums, sometimes in the six-figure range. You can also find out about other scams, such as the “shock call” (relative had an accident or is sick with Corona and needs treatment), the “grandchild trick” and the “fake police officer” on the police website https://rhein- kreis-neuss.polizei.nrw/node/37640/
Source and article image: District Police Authority Rhein-Kreis Neuss
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