Schweinfurt (dpa / lby) – Thanks to a hospital employee, a pensioner in Schweinfurt was able to keep his money and jewelry. Fraudsters wanted to rob the 74-year-old of tens of thousands of euros, the police said on Friday.
The 44-year-old noticed on Wednesday how the man in front of the hospital made an unusual call. She suspected a known scam and called the police.
It turned out that the senior was about to make a money transfer with call center scammers outside the hospital. They had pretended in a call that his son was in an emergency situation. He is said to have caused a fatal traffic accident and could only avert an impending prison sentence by paying.
