Rheine, Fake police officers loot cash and valuables

The caller warned of burglars who would be causing trouble in the woman's residential area in Rheine. Now the police had to secure the elderly woman's valuables. The conversation was then ended, but shortly afterwards another "police officer" called who wanted to take care of securing the valuables. The conversations lasted several hours in total. The woman was asked to pack money and jewelry into a container and place it in front of the front door, where an officer was already waiting.

In fact, the woman noticed a person dressed in dark clothing in front of her house, wearing a vest with the inscription police. Eventually, the woman placed cash, gold jewelry, and coins worth a mid-five-figure euro amount in front of the front door. When the woman from Rheine visited her local bank a few days later, the bank employee suspected a scam and alerted the police.

In this context, the police once again warn of the scam "Fake police officers": Police officers never ask you to hand over money or valuables - neither at the front door to strangers, nor at a handover location. As soon as demands for money are made over the phone, you can assume that you are dealing with fraudsters! With any demand of this kind: Just hang up! This is the safest way to protect yourself against this type of fraud.

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