Bad fear mongering with corona emergencies among relatives: Police warn of new scam on the phone!
City and district of Kassel: An increasing number of concerned citizens are currently reporting to the police because they received a call supposedly from the hospital this Tuesday.
An alleged doctor described that a relative of the person called was taken to the hospital as a corona emergency and was now dying. As the process progressed, demands for money arose for various reasons: sometimes it was claimed that the patient urgently needed to be flown to another hospital, sometimes it was expensive medication that could only save their life - in any case, the relatives would have to cover the respective costs and Get cash or valuables immediately.
The police warn urgently about this scam and such calls: It is FRAUD!
- Warn your family and friends about this new scam
- A hospital will never demand cash or valuables from relatives over the phone for treatment if there is an acute threat to life
- Never hand over money or valuables to strangers
Source: Press portal / Police
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