08.11.2021 – 10:51
Lüneburg police station
Lueneburg (ots)
Bad Bevensen / Wrestedt – False police officers cheat senior women ++ Police warn of scam: “Talk to your relatives about these topics!” ++
!! Be suspicious
!! Talk to your relatives – bring in someone you trust.
The police in the region are currently warning of so-called “false police officers” and other fraudsters on the phone. After various calls in the past weeks and months, two senior citizens in the district of Uelzen were victims of the scam on the afternoon of November 7th. The 72- and 89-year-olds had initially contacted strangers on their landline phone. The callers pretended to be criminal police officers. They then said that a gang had been caught in the neighborhood, which would be considered for break-ins and assaults. In order to avert further damage, you now have to block the EC card and also need the associated PIN for this. In one case, the EC card should be deposited in the mailbox, in the other case under the doormat. A currently unknown picker then came to the residential address of the senior citizens called and picked up the card. The PIN should either be added or was requested by telephone after collection. Both senior citizens became suspicious after collecting the debit card and turned to the police. According to the current state of the investigation, there has been no financial damage. The cards were blocked as quickly as possible with the help of the local police.
The police in Uelzen, Tel. 0581-930-0, receive information.
The central emergency number for credit and debit cards is: +49 116 116 If you lose your card, you can call it at any time.
Background: The scammers’ scams are not new, but they are updated again and again. The professional perpetrators are active throughout Northern Germany and change regions almost every day, only to then call older people in the Lüneburg / Lüchow-D. / Uelzen region again in a few days / weeks. In this context, the local police are again appealing to children, partners and relatives of older people: “Talk actively about these scams and agree on behavior and conversations with each other in the event of possible calls! Take action! It is your inheritance / assets that are in get in the wrong hands. ” Here are some protection tips:
- Seien Sie misstrauisch
- (be-) Sprechen Sie (sich) mit Ihren Angehörigen - Ziehen Sie
eine Vertrauensperson hinzu
- Geben Sie unbekannten Personen keine Auskünfte über Ihre
Vermögensverhältnisse oder andere sensible Daten
- Öffnen Sie unbekannten Personen nicht die Tür
- Übergeben Sie niemals Geld oder Wertsachen an unbekannte
Personen, angebliche Mitarbeiter von Polizei,
Staatsanwaltschaften, Gerichten oder Geldinstituten
- Die Polizei lässt sich niemals eine EC-Karte mit PIN aushändigen
- Wenn Sie Opfer eines solchen Anrufes geworden sind, wenden Sie
sich in jedem Fall an die Polizei und erstatten Sie eine Anzeige
Please send any questions to:
Police station Lüneburg / Lüchow-Dannenberg-Uelzen
Julia Westerhoff
Phone: 04131-8306-2515
Email: [email protected]
http://www.polizei.niedersachsen.de/dst/pdlg/lueneburg/
Original content from: Lüneburg Police Department, transmitted by news aktuell
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