A 62-year-old was contacted by his alleged son via WhatsApp on Wednesday (September 7th, 2022). The unknown person asked for help to pay a bill. The 62-year-old initially transferred 1,900 euros in good faith. However, during the transaction he got a bad feeling and canceled the transfer.
A 40-year-old was contacted on the same day by an alleged Europol employee. First there was an automatic announcement. Accordingly, there would have been misuse of his ID card (ID card). Since the 40-year-old had actually lost his passport some time ago, he was connected to an alleged Europol employee using a key confirmation. In the subsequent conversation, the Europol employee asked for the 40-year-old's account details. Here he became suspicious and immediately ended the conversation.
Although many citizens have already become aware of this, in individual cases the tricky fraudsters still manage to obtain large sums of money or valuables. The “grandchild trick” or “fake police officer” scams almost always target senior citizens.
Do you know how you can protect yourself from such telephone scammers? To protect you even better from nasty scams, our prevention experts have set up a telephone hotline for seniors.
You can find out about fraud crimes free of charge by calling 0621 963 – 1515 from Monday to Thursday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Call us and find out about the typical scams such as “fake police officers”, “grandchild tricks” or so-called “shock calls” and how you can defend yourself against them with simple tricks.
You can find extensive information on this topic on the website www.polizei-beratung.de
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Source : Press portal
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