At night we don’t sleep anymore. We say they will come back because they know the house well now. Marie *, 76, remembers this strange visit to her home in Nilvange last week well. Whenever she thinks about it, anxiety seizes her.
It is 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, when three individuals show up at her house and her companion. They wish to visit the house put up for sale by the couple. “At this late hour, I was really not delighted,” recalls the retiree. Upon reflection, she ends up opening the door to two women. The first one is around 20 years old. The other is about 20 years older. They are accompanied by a child of three or four years of age. According to their language, they come from Eastern countries.
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And suddenly, a man appears …
The tour begins. First the ground floor. Then the courtyard behind. Then comes the visit of the floors. “There, we come across a man on the stairs, who was about to climb too. We hadn’t seen him until then, how did he get in? Asks Marie again.
Upstairs, the visit takes an even stranger turn. The two women and the man disperse in the different rooms, with the owners’ noses and beards. Without being invited, the three individuals push the doors one after the other. They pretend to gauge the condition of the walls. “They noticed that I was nervous. The young woman tried to reassure me. Marie tries as best she can to follow the man into one of the bedrooms.
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Liquid and jewelry gone
After their visit, the false buyers turn on their heels. “When they left, I went to the bathroom, and noticed that a bracelet was missing. A wallet left on the kitchen table had been emptied of the cash it contained, ie € 120, “says Marie. Unpleasant surprises follow one another: in a room, a watch has disappeared as well as three silver coins and a doll.
The couple filed a complaint the next day at the Thionville police station. “I especially want to alert people to this kind of method. You have to be extremely careful, “warns Marie, who also had the imprudence to show her house around during confinement. An offense punishable by a ticket, from which she escaped. The penalty was already heavy enough like that …
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