Caught in a trap

Fraud: Fake policeman swindles money and gold

(Bild: stock.adobe.com)

A brazen perpetrator posed as a police officer and lured a victim in the Wolfsberg district into a trap by telephone. The 60-year-old "handed over" money and gold with a total value of several tens of thousands of euros. 

It was the same scam that con artists have been "working" with for years - and are unfortunately still regularly successful: An alleged criminal police officer contacted his victim by telephone - and told him a shocking fairy tale: In the course of an arrest, a note had been found on a Polish gang of thieves on which the perpetrators had written down the Wolfsberger's name.

Accordingly, it was extremely important that the 60-year-old put all his cash and gold in a bag and put it outside the door. The valuables would be collected and temporarily stored in a safe place. The victim trusted the supposed investigator and followed the instructions. And only a short time later, the bag with its tens of thousands of euros worth of contents was gone.

Perpetrator also wanted access to the account
But that was obviously not enough for the criminals: the next day, the phone rang again - the man had to disclose his account details "for security reasons". However, when the criminal learned that a TAN code was required for withdrawals, the fake police officer hung up. Only then did the victim realize that he had fallen into a trap. The real executive warns - and makes it clear that the police would never take money or valuables!