On Thursday (November 10th), telephone fraudsters earned 5,000 euros and one even 78,000 euros in two cases.
Case 1: Wrong bank employee > Damage: 5,000 euros
In Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, an 88-year-old was tricked by fake bank employees. After the senior citizen gave his bank access details for the alleged data comparison on the phone, the perpetrators used this data to create a digital bank card online for their smartphone. A total of 5,000 euros in cash was withdrawn from various supermarket checkouts using this digital bank card. After the bank noticed the suspicious transactions, the 88-year-old's account was immediately blocked and the victim was informed of the suspected fraud.
Case 2: Shock caller > Damage: 78,000 euros
An 85-year-old woman from Niederkassel-Rheidt was less “lucky”. The perpetrators were successful with her with a so-called shock call. Allegedly the granddaughter had killed someone in a traffic accident and bail was needed to prevent imprisonment. The 85-year-old went to her bank, took 78,000 euros in cash from her locker and handed the money in a plastic bag to an unknown woman in front of the double church in Bonn-Schwarzrheindorf. The perpetrators were particularly cynical and called back by phone after handing over the money and thanked them warmly for the money.
The person who picked up the money around 2:30 p.m. in the Dixstrasse area in Bonn is described as a woman around 35 years old and 165 to 175 cm tall with black, shoulder-length hair. She has an inconspicuous stature, a Central European appearance and was overall colorfully dressed. The police are asking for information from witnesses who may have observed the money being handed over and who can provide further information about the unknown person collecting it. Tips to the police on 02241 541-3221.
We and the police regularly warn about various types of fraud
Some variations of the scam are very common and are practically “evergreens”, some variants are rare, every now and then a scam disappears only to experience its renaissance months later.
The bottom line is that victims always play into the hands of the perpetrators when they commit fraud with the same behavior: they allow complete strangers access to their savings, be it in cash or with the access data to their accounts.
The solution is so simple
As soon as money or sensitive data is discussed on the phone or online, the conversation is over! And that helps with any type of fraud!
You can listen to what cheating on the phone sounds like with a grandchild trick here
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Learn more
If you would like to find out more about telephone fraud and other types of fraud: www.polizei-beratung.de
The Tatwort podcast about the doctrine of crime is also recommended: www.tatwort-podcast.de .
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Rhein-Sieg District Police Authority
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