92-Year-Old Viennese Woman Narrowly Escapes Police Trick
A man contacted the 92-year-old woman, posing as a police officer who needed to save her savings. The pensioner went to the bank and had already withdrawn all the money. When the fraudster came to collect his loot, the neighbour intervened, the police reported on Tuesday.
In the afternoon, the woman received a call from the man who told her that fraudsters had tried to withdraw money from her account using a fake ID. Since her wealth was not safe in the bank, the 92-year-old was told to withdraw it immediately. A colleague would later pick up the money for safekeeping at the police station. The pensioner then took a taxi ordered by the caller to two bank branches and withdrew several tens of thousands of euros from her savings books.
Vienna Police Warn Again About This Modus Operandi
Upon her return home, she told her neighbour about the call. He recognised the scam, as he had already heard of the so-called police trick, and immediately dialed the emergency number. In the meantime, the fraudster had already rung the 92-year-old's doorbell several times, who - warned by her neighbour - did not open. From the window, the woman could observe a man dressed in dark clothes at the front door, who eventually left. A short time later, officers from the Favoriten city police command arrived. However, the immediate search for the suspected perpetrator was unsuccessful. The police are again warning about this modus operandi.
(APA/Red)
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