Fraud in Bamberg: 73-year-old loses five-digit amount! Witnesses wanted!

Fraud in Bamberg: 73-year-old loses five-digit amount! Witnesses wanted!

A 73-year-old Bamberg woman has been the victim of a brutal telephone fraud. On Tuesday afternoon, she received a call from fraudsters who claimed that her daughter had caused a serious traffic accident and had to go to prison. In her belief that he can turn off the punishment, the woman handed over a medium five -digit amount of money to a collector at around 12:30 p.m. The perpetrators kept the lady in the line for almost 30 minutes so that they could escape undetected.

The collector of money is described as about 1.68 meters tall, 55 to 60 years old, with dark hair combed backwards and striking tooth gap. He wore dark clothes and a black shoulder bag. The Bamberg criminal police ask for instructions and can be contacted on the phone number 0951/9129-491 . The investigation runs to hold the unscrupulous fraudsters into account. Further information is available on www.wiesentboten.de .