Duisburg (dpa / lnw) - An 81-year-old man from Essen was caught phoning at the wheel - and can be extremely grateful to the policeman who checked him: Without the check on Monday afternoon, the man would most likely have been charged by criminals for a five-digit sum getting betrayed.
The fraudsters had called the senior and led him to believe that his daughter was in custody after a fatal accident and would only be released on high bail, as the Duisburg police reported on Tuesday. The money should be handed over in Duisburg. The man got the money and drove to Duisburg with his cell phone on his ear, which the scammers used to talk to him the whole time. Then came the police check, the connection broke off - the money was saved.
