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![The number of fraudulent calls amounted to almost 1,500 cases in this first half of 2020 alone.]()
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The number of fraudulent calls amounted to almost 1,500 cases in this first half of 2020 alone.
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![A brochure distributed by the Zurich cantonal police to make people aware of fraud.]()
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A brochure distributed by the Zurich cantonal police to make people aware of fraud.
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![Phone scammers are getting more and more cunning and are no longer just targeting older people. That is why officials from the Zurich City Police are now distributing brochures to warn the population.]()
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Phone scammers are getting more and more cunning and are no longer just targeting older people. That is why officials from the Zurich City Police are now distributing brochures to warn the population.
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Time and again, older people are the target of phone fraudsters. Be it the so-called grandchild’s trick, fake calls, false representatives from Apple or Microsoft and much more. Barbara R. *, a pensioner from the canton of Zurich, smelled the roast immediately when the phone rang last Wednesday afternoon.
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«A police officer who supposedly came from Zurich asked me where my valuables were hidden. This is because burglaries are said to be frequent in my area. He asked me to hand over the valuables to the police so that they would be protected from the break-ins and would not be stolen. ” But the fraudster reveals himself: “I was immediately taken aback because he spoke to me in High German. The Zurich police do not speak standard German! ” When Barbara R. asks, he hangs up without a word.
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Not the first case
A new scam has been circulating in Zurich for several months: fraudsters pretend to be police officers of the Zurich police. They claim on the phone, for example, that they are investigating fraud and that the person should therefore bring all valuables to the “police”.
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The fraudsters instruct their victims not to speak to an employee about it at the bank, as it is not known whether they are in cahoots with the alleged fraudsters. The valuables then have to be deposited at a previously agreed location, so that they get into the hands of the real fraudsters.
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Already got over a million francs
Just how widespread the scam is is shown by the webpage Telefon Betrug.ch of the Zurich canton police. In 2020 alone, fraudsters have already made over a million francs with this scam. Most of the victims are people over the age of 67.
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A spokesman for the Zurich cantonal police said to BLICK: “A real police officer will never ask you about financial matters on the phone or ask you to hand over money or valuables. The police never ask for cash or access to bank accounts. ” The police advise dialing 117 after such a call.
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Scammers keep trying
Barbara R. is repeatedly harassed with fraudulent calls: “I am often called by people who are allegedly employed by Microsoft and have to ‘repair’ something on my PC.”
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It is clear to her why so many people are ripped off: “It is not their own fault if they go into such a trick. They are not or only insufficiently informed. In old people’s homes you should focus more on prevention and education. “
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