Telephone fraudsters in custody: 440,000 euros in damage by police trick!

Telephone fraudsters in custody: 440,000 euros in damage by police trick!

A little pleasant news from Vienna: A 32-year-old Turkish citizen was arrested after being involved in a number of telephone fraud, which particularly targeted older people in Vienna and Lower Austria. As reported police.news. spent as a police to cause considerable financial damage.

The fraudster is said to have contacted people in her retirement seat from January to August 2023 and stamped them that there was a slump in the neighborhood. In doing so, she conveyed the invented stories extremely convincingly in order to put the affected people under pressure to hand over their valuables to an alleged police officer. In eight cases, fraud was completed, in another four to attempt, which resulted in a total of around 440,000 euros.

modus operandi and number of cases

The fraudsters' calls were often made by unknown or suppressed numbers, whereby the perpetrators often worked with automatic announcements of institutions such as "Europol" or "Interpol". This also corresponds to the experiences that also [https://www. consumerzentrale.de/wissen/tragegegege-reklamation/abzock/vuchlicht-falsche-polizen-am- Telefon-12273). Older people who trust the alleged officials are particularly affected. In this case, the perpetrator was caught in Vienna on February 24, 2025 and is partially confessed with her interrogation.

A total of ten crimes in Vienna and two in the Korneuburg district and Neunkirchen were committed. The police illustrate that real civil servants never pick up cash or valuables, and publishes numerous prevention tips to advance other victims. This includes to wind up unknown callers immediately and, if in doubt, contact the police directly under emergency number 133.

growing fraud stitches

The current developments in the field of fraud crime are alarming. As [bka.de] (https://www.bka.de/shahareddocs/kurzmeldungen/250425_ Development_Betskriminalitaet.html) shows, the fraudulent offenses remain one of the central crime phenomena, especially in the digital space. In 2024, 743,472 fraud cases were registered in Germany. Despite a decline of 1.5 % compared to the previous year, it remains important to develop distrust of offering and calling calls that appear too fast.

The police call for calls that have a quick handover of money as a prerequisite. In this way, the investigators advise you to always reinsurance with relatives and friends before responding to the claims on the phone. The conditions for the elderly are often confusing, and good education and preparation are particularly important here.