An employee of a supermarket in the municipality of Landstuhl was tricked by fraudsters on Tuesday evening. As the woman later stated, she received a call shortly after 7 p.m. from an unknown woman who identified herself as an “employee at the lottery center.”

Lottery center asks for prepaid card codes

Through clever conversation, the supermarket employee was persuaded to take several prepaid cards from the current range and give the respective codes over the phone. Instead of the promised “confirmation”, the phone call was simply ended.

It was only then that the employee became suspicious and realized that she had fallen for fraudsters. She then immediately informed her boss, who told her that fraudsters had tried the same scam in another market on the same day. – Damage: several hundred euros.

The police warn against fake calls

The specialist commissioner for fraud offenses has started the investigation and is warning against such fake calls in this context.

Source: West Palatinate Police Headquarters

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