Attentive employees of a bank in Olching prevented at least one other act by scammers who want to rip off older people. As reported by the Olching police, a 78-year-old woman from Olching received a call from an unknown person on Monday. He informed the elderly woman that her daughter had caused a traffic accident in Munich in which a cyclist died. The daughter can only be helped if a six-digit amount is transferred.
This type of shock phone call is part of the standard repertoire of fraudsters who mainly operate from abroad, as Jürgen Dreiocker, head of the Germeringer police, recently reported at the citizens’ meeting in Eichenau. The shock causes the seniors addressed in this way to follow the instructions of the perpetrators exactly.
This was also the case in Olching on Monday. The 78-year-old went to her bank branch to get jewelry from her locker and to withdraw a six-figure sum of money. Had that happened, the criminals would have taken all of the savings from the woman. But that didn’t happen because bank employees became suspicious. They called the police, who explained the attempted fraud to the elderly woman.
The police expressly point out that police officers or prosecutors never telephone each other Report to relatives to request bail payments. If such calls are received, those called should hang up immediately and call 911 or consult with their loved ones.