Fraud: 68-year-old loses 110,000 euros to false bank employees!

Fraud: 68-year-old loses 110,000 euros to false bank employees!

The police are just reporting on an alarming incident in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district. A 68-year-old man fell into a perfidious fraud and lost 110,000 euros. The perpetrators gave themselves out as bank employees between Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening and gave the impression that the man's account had been hacked. In order to undo allful deeds, they asked him to transmit Tan codes. Unfortunately the man gave the codes, whereupon he found on Monday that his money had disappeared. The police warn for caution and recommend that personal codes never pass them on to unknown people. In case of doubt, the police should be contacted under number 110, such as image reported.

But this incident is not the only one in the region. Last Wednesday, at least ten fraudsters contacted seniors in Schmalkalden and Bad Liebenstein. These spent out as police officers or criminal officers and claimed that they would investigate burglars. It was even said that the data of the called people on USB sticks or lists had been discovered. This stitch aims to obtain information about assets such as jewelry or cash. Fortunately, the seniors recognized the fraud in good time and did not reveal any information. A woman who had a strange feeling hung up after the fraudster threatened to pick her up personally. Here, too, the police also give the advice that real police officers never ask for valuables on the phone, as the [Rhönkanal] (https://rhokanal.de/2025/06/warung-der-polizei-bearer-am- phone/).

The stitches of the fraudsters

Especially when dealing with older people, fraudsters are often extremely creative and unscrupulous. They use the trustworthiness and inexperience of their victims mercilessly. The most common tricks are varied:

• grandchildren: The fraudsters are a grandson or close relative and claim to be in a financial emergency.
• Order fraud: Seniors numbers for goods or services that they never receive.
• subscription trap: supposedly free offers turn out to be a paid subscription.
• data theft: The perpetrators get access to personal information and can commit identity theft.
• pickpocketing: distraction by friendly people leads to the fact that wallets are stolen.

The website mobil-holen.de recommends to be carefully checked the identity of callers and be careful with special offers. In addition, you should never pass on private information to strangers. Particular caution is required when people knock on the door and pretend to be representatives of authorities.

Overall, it turns out that the fraudsters are active in the region and keep trying to bring seniors to bring their savings. The police advise special vigilance and recommend that you contact the authorities immediately in case of doubt.