Senior woman throws bag of money out of window. 82-year-old falls victim to telephone fraud
Nina Bartnik April 9, 2024 2:30 p.m. Share
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A woman from Oberhausen threw a bag of money out of the window. Telephone scammers pressured them into doing this. © Oberhausen Police
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A phone call lasting several hours on Thursday (April 4) resulted in a senior citizen from Oberhausen throwing a bag of money out the window. The Oberhausen police wrote this in a press release. An alleged detective intimidated the woman on the phone with a made-up story about a gang of burglars. The thieves had allegedly already broken in near her apartment.
The telephone scammer continued to involve the elderly woman in the conversation, the police write. The woman then also gave him information about the cash that she kept in her apartment. Finally, the fake inspector explained that the gang was also supposedly planning to break into her apartment. So he just wanted to keep her cash, a five-figure amount, safe. He also gave the woman detailed instructions on how he thought he would save the money.
She was supposed to put all the money in a bag and then throw it out the window into the backyard. Another police officer would then be waiting there and would then keep the money at the station.
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The senior citizen followed the telephone scammer’s instructions and threw the money out the window in a garbage bag. Later she became worried and informed the real police. At that point, however, the criminal had already escaped with the cash.
The Criminal Investigation Department 21 receives information about possible suspects by calling 0208/8260 or by email (poststelle.oberhausen@polizei.nrw.de).
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