Fraudster pretends to be a Zalando employee
A 71-year-old woman became the victim of a brazen scam on Wednesday afternoon. She received a call from an alleged Zalando employee. He convinced the senior citizen that someone had tried to order goods from her customer account. She is not the only customer with whom this has been attempted.
The caller went on to say that the company now wanted to protect its customers and, in collaboration with the savings bank, was collecting Zalando customers' debit cards and the associated PIN numbers. While she was still on the phone, the 71-year-old's doorbell rang.
Fraudster personally took PIN number!
An unknown man took the surprised senior citizen's debit card along with the PIN number and quickly left on foot. Shortly afterwards, the Werler woman realized that there was something wrong with the story and immediately made her way to the savings bank.
Unfortunately, the fraudsters had already withdrawn a four-digit amount of money from the senior citizen's account.
The person collecting the EC card can be described as follows:
- approx. 30 years old,
- about 1.80 meters tall,
- black, short hair, full beard.
- The well-groomed-looking man was wearing a blue jacket and jeans.
Witnesses who can provide information about the suspicious person are asked to call 02922 91000. Be suspicious of strangers calling and end the conversation immediately if something seems strange to you.
Source:
Soest District Police Authority
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