Frankenthal (ots) On Friday, February 17th, 2023, there were again several fraud attempts via the news messenger WhatsApp. The victims initially received messages, supposedly from their children. Under the pretext that the children had new cell phone numbers, the victims were asked to save the new numbers and asked to continue chatting via WhatsApp. Since … Read more
Ludwigshafen (ots) (FB) On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the Ludwigshafen fire brigade was alerted at 11:06 a.m. to a hazardous material leak into Oppauer Straße in the Edigheim district. When the emergency services arrived, the fire brigade was informed that there was a product reaction in a hall on a factory site. The product reaction … Read more
Bad Sobernheim/Martinstein (ots) On Tuesday evening, January 31, 2023, the Kaiserslautern Federal Police Inspectorate was informed by the Frankfurt am Main emergency control center that a person was trying to get into the driver’s cab of the train on the Saarbrücken-Mainz route and that the train driver needed police assistance. Since no own forces were … Read more
23.02.2023 – 10:43 Police Headquarters Rheinpfalz Ludwigshafen (ots) On Tuesday evening (February 21, 2023), a 63-year-old from Ludwigshafen initially received an SMS, supposedly from his son. Under a pretext, the chat continued via the WhatsApp platform. The unknown scammers managed to get the man to transfer money twice. During a personal meeting with his son … Read more
22.02.2023 – 09:18 Police Headquarters Rheinpfalz Ludwigshafen (ots) A 59-year-old from Ludwigshafen received a WhatsApp message on February 19, 2023, supposedly from her son. Bank details were sent to her on the pretext of wanting to buy a new laptop. The 59-year-old was already familiar with the scam and didn’t get involved. Fraudsters had already … Read more
15.01.2023 – 11:59 Police Headquarters Ludwigshafen Speyer (ots) Already on 12.01. there was a fraud in Speyer. The perpetrator used a messenger for this purpose, stated that he was the son of the victim and had a new phone number. He also feigned an emergency, whereupon the injured party transferred around 2,000 euros. The police … Read more