Telephone fraudsters steal money and valuables price 65,000 euros

12.07.24 – On Thursday, a person from the Rhön fell sufferer to brass phone scammers and gave them cash and valuables price round 65,000 euros.

The stitching

His spouse is alleged to have simply precipitated an accident. The priority about his personal kinfolk and their well being may be very nice. But it surely’s alleged to be even worse, the caller suggests. A 58-year-old girl who was crushed by her spouse died from her accidents. The relative is alleged to be in good well being, however is now going through jail time for reckless murder. The one solution to keep away from arrest: to pay a deposit of 65,000 euros.

The actions of the perpetrators

The fraudsters saved the Rhön man on the telephone for a number of hours, permitting him to contact his spouse or the police himself utilizing the numbers he knew. A very misleading and crafty strategy of the perpetrators, profiting from the actual state of affairs of worry and stress of the caller, finally led to the taking of cash and valuables to the quantity of round 40,000 euros, packed in a crimson cloth bag with white purposes, shortly earlier than 5 pm Frankfurter Straße, reverse a fuel station, to be handed over to a rightful notary. However that was not sufficient for the frauds; in any case, one other 25,000 euros have been wanted to fireplace the lady.

Involved about his spouse, the person from the Rhön organized the cash wanted to provide it once more to the accused notary. Nevertheless, the caller explains to Rhöner that the money register of the court docket in Fulda has now closed and places the person in a automobile to Frankfurt am Foremost. The Rhöner then handed over the remaining quantity in an envelope on Plattenstrasse to the identical man he had met earlier than in Fulda. He could be stated to be about 45 years previous, about 1.70 meters tall, with a darkish mustache, bald head, brown pores and skin, corpulent construct, blue denims, white T-shirt and a black shoulder bag. It was solely on the best way residence that the fraud was found and the Rhön native and his spouse knowledgeable the police.

Name for witnesses

The police are actually searching for witnesses who can present related info. Who might have made suspicious feedback about individuals who could also be making suspicious telephone calls – see the outline of the particular person – or automobiles on the time of supply on Frankfurter Strasse in Fulda or Plattenstrasse in Frankfurt am Foremost, or who might see the crimson material bag or envelope handed over? These folks ought to contact the police in Fulda on 0661/105-0.

Your police are issuing an pressing warning:

– Be suspicious if somebody on the telephone doesn’t introduce themselves by identify or in the event that they declare to be an acquaintance / relative, a financial institution worker, a police officer or an individual within the judiciary that you don’t acknowledge as such .
– Simply cling up the telephone as quickly because the particular person you might be speaking to asks for cash from you.
– Name your kinfolk on the telephone quantity you already know or the police on 110.
– By no means give cash or valuables to folks you do not know. (fm) +++