Once again someone has been the victim of a brazen con artist posing as a police officer. This time it is an 81-year-old from the Murtal district. The woman gave the unknown perpetrator cash, gold coins and jewelry worth several thousand euros in front of her apartment.
An unidentified male contacted the 81-year-old on Tuesday evening and told her she was being targeted by a gang of burglars. These burglars would want to break into her home and her apartment would already be under surveillance. To secure her valuables, a plainclothes police officer came to her and took them into custody. Handover in front of the apartment door Through clever manipulation, the fraudster managed to persuade the woman from Murtal to hand over cash, jewelry and gold coins. Around 11 p.m., the 81-year-old handed the alleged policeman the cash, jewelry and gold coins in front of her apartment door. The valuables were taken away in a bag by the unknown perpetrator.Appeal from the policeThe Styrian police once again warns of the procedure and appeals never to hand over cash, jewelery or valuables to strangers!
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