Landsberg district: Police warn of fraud via messenger services and telephone

In the district of Landsberg, scammers try to get money via phone or WhatsApp. What advice does the police give to those affected?

In the past few days, numerous people have been in the area of ​​​​responsibility of the police inspection Landsberg sometimes called by fraudsters, sometimes contacted via messenger service (WhatsApp). With hair-raising stories they tried to deprive their victims of their savings.

As the police reports, a 63-year-old from the eastern district transferred a four-digit sum of money to the scammers on Monday. He had previously received a WhatsApp from a person posing as his daughter asking him to transfer two amounts of money to a German account for her. The daughter was allegedly struggling with technical problems and could therefore not carry out the transfer herself.

People over the age of 50 are particularly affected

The police therefore warns against careless transfers to supposed relatives. As evaluations show, the perpetrators are mostly targeting people over the age of 50, the police said. It doesn’t matter whether they live in a big city or in more rural regions.

the police gives the following tips:

• It is recommended to go ahead of a transaction with the alleged recipients, for example in the form of a personal telephone conversation.
• Be suspicious of such calls or messages.
• the police never calls you on the emergency number 110.
• If in doubt, end the call as quickly as possible without disclosing personal data or information about valuables or cash.
• Don’t respond to demands transfer or transfer of sums of money.
• The real police never asks for cash transfers or valuables of yours to conduct investigations.
• If in doubt, call the police under a phone number taken from the phone book, in urgent cases also under the emergency number 110 – but do not use the callback button, otherwise you may end up with the scammers again.
• As a general rule, do not let strangers into your home.
• Healthy distrust is not discourtesy: Demand officials, such as police officers, for their service ID.
• Never give money or valuables to unknown persons.
• Also talk to your relatives about the phenomenon and warn them about the actions of the perpetrators.
• Check whether listing your phone number in public directories is really necessary. (lt)

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