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“Wrong son”: Elderly woman cheated of her savings
Mönchengladbach, Krefeld (ots) –
Due to regional references, we are sharing the following report from the Krefeld police from February 18, 2022 at 10:02 a.m. (Link: https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/50667/5150037):
An 84-year-old from Krefeld gave a lot of money to scammers because she thought her son had to be saved from prison with bail. A courier accepted the sum in Mönchengladbach.
The men called her on Thursday morning (February 17, 2022). One of them had initially pretended to be her son in a slurred voice. Then another man took over the conversation and told the elderly woman that her son could not speak properly because he was in shock. He had killed someone in a traffic accident and must now be in custody if no one pays bail for him.
The Krefeld woman then withdrew a five-digit sum from a bank. On the instructions of the scammers, she took a taxi to Mönchengladbach, where a courier took the money. But the perpetrators were not satisfied and guided their victim back to Krefeld. There the woman should withdraw more money from another bank. However, the branch employee became suspicious, refused the payment and informed the elderly woman that she was about to fall victim to fraud. Together they informed the police.
The immediately initiated search was unsuccessful. The courier who took the money in Mönchengladbach around 3:30 p.m. on Pescher Strasse was 20 to 30 years old and 1.80 to 1.85 meters tall. He was wearing a black cap and, according to the elderly woman, had European appearance. Witnesses are asked to contact the Krefeld police on 02151 6340 or by email at [email protected].
Behavioral advice for seniors
- If you receive a suspicious call, ask your name, hang up, call your local police immediately on 110 and explain the situation.
- Do not give unknown persons any information about your financial circumstances or other sensitive data.
- Do not open the door to strangers.
- Bring in someone you trust.
- Never give money or valuables to unknown persons, alleged employees of the police, prosecutors, courts or financial institutions.
- If you are the victim of such a call, contact the police in any case and file a complaint.
Information on common scams aimed at senior citizens can be found here: https://krefeld.polizei.nrw/senioren (63)
This report was sent by the Mönchengladbach police on February 18, 2022, at 2:13 a.m.
Accident statistics and casualties in road traffic over the last 3 years
In the state North Rhine-Westphalia there was a year 2020 of a total of 54,250 road accidents involving personal injury 430 fatalities and 66,680 injured. There has been a slight downward trend in the traffic accidents recorded by the police throughout Germany in recent years. In 2020, a total of 2,245,245 accidents occurred in road traffic 2,685,661 cases in 2019 and 2,636,468 cases in 2018. This trend can also be observed in the number of accidents involving personal injury. In 2020, there were 264,499 accidents in which people were injured, and a total of 3,046 people were killed. In 2018, 3,275 fatalities were recorded out of 308,721 accidents involving personal injury.
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