Thuringia: Post from Switzerland: Police warn of fraud

Bad Salzungen/Bad Liebenstein (dpa/th) - The police have warned of a new scam.

Thuringia: Post from Switzerland: Police warn of fraud

Bad Salzungen/Bad Liebenstein (dpa/th) - The police have warned of a new scam. In southern Thuringia, an 82-year-old received mail from a company based in Switzerland that offered its service when applying for the statutory care allowance, the police in Bad Salzungen reported on Sunday. A service fee of 129 euros would be due for this. A reminder was sent to the woman without ever having requested such a service.

A similar case was reported last week. It is therefore to be assumed that this is a new scam. Research on the Internet had shown that there was a warning about this company. The police advised not to initiate any payments and to report such cases to the police.