Bavaria: trickster pretends to be a German soldier

Kronach (dpa / lby) - A trickster in Upper Franconia posed as a German soldier and relieved a man of a medium amount of money.

Bavaria: trickster pretends to be a German soldier

Kronach (dpa / lby) - A trickster in Upper Franconia posed as a German soldier and relieved a man of a medium amount of money. The stranger had contacted his 65-year-old victim from the Kronach district via social media and told him that he was currently on a foreign mission, as the police announced on Saturday.

In order to support the alleged soldier financially, the man paid the con artist a mid-five-figure sum. The 65-year-old has since filed a complaint.