Bavaria: Fraudsters stole gold worth over a hundred thousand euros

Kempten (dpa / lby) - A senior citizen gave fraudsters gold in Kempten with a monetary value in the low six-digit range. On the phone Thursday, the scammers claimed that the woman's daughter was to blame for a fatal car accident, police said on Friday. The elderly woman should pay several tens of thousands of euros for the bail. Instead of cash, the woman handed over gold worth more than 100,000 euros. According to the police headquarters, 27 successful shock calls with a total damage amount of 1.4 million euros have already been registered for Swabia South/West this year.