Hesse: Taxi center saves old woman from scammers

Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - An attentive employee in a taxi company in Wiesbaden probably saved a senior from fraud.

Hesse: Taxi center saves old woman from scammers

Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - An attentive employee in a taxi company in Wiesbaden probably saved a senior from fraud. As the police announced on Sunday, the 81-year-old had been called on Friday by strangers who pretended to be police officers. They demanded a large sum of money, allegedly to save a friend of the 81-year-old from an emergency.

When the fraudsters ordered a taxi for the elderly woman, the employee at the headquarters became suspicious, the police said. The caller spoke in a clearly disguised voice and ordered the car for a dubious reason. The employee asked the driver to take the 81-year-old to the police immediately. "There the woman could be explained that she had been caught in a scam."