Penzberg/Böbing (dpa/lby) - With shock calls, fraudsters in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau have stolen around 150,000 euros in the past seven days. On Tuesday, a woman in Boebing received a call that her daughter had caused a traffic accident in which someone was run over and fatally injured. In order to avoid detention, a deposit in the five-digit range must be deposited. At the agreed place, the woman handed over cash and gold coins with a total value of around 50,000 euros to an unknown person.
Already on Friday, an unknown person called a woman in Penzberg and told her that her son had killed someone in a traffic accident and that she should now pay a high bail so that her son does not have to go to jail. The woman then handed over gold and jewelry worth around 100,000 euros.
