A young woman deceived elderly people out of their savings to buy Apple products. It’s about more than 150,000 euros. Now she has been caught and must go to prison for 2 years.
A 24-year-old Briton pretended to have a package for the elderly to ask for their credit card, and with the credit card, she went shopping at the nearest Apple Store. In total, she managed to defraud more than 150,000 euros. Now she has been sentenced to 2 years in prison and must pay back the damages.
Fraudster must pay money back
The fraud began in December 2021. Here, the 24-year-old Briton contacted an 86-year-old man and obtained his credit card. In a first attempt, she tested the credit card and in the next step withdrew 8,000 euros to buy various Apple products.
In another case, she told a 70-year-old woman that she was from her bank and needed to take her card for verification. She withdrew 8,200 euros from this card and also bought Apple products with it.
In the following months, she refined her scheme to avoid detection. For this, she also changed regions to cover her tracks. In total, she is said to have defrauded more than 150,000 euros from elderly people to buy Apple products.
After her arrest, she pleaded guilty and was convicted.
Criminals often take advantage of the loneliness and willingness to help of elderly people
Fraudsters, especially target elderly people to get money. Because here, one often receives high willingness to help or people are happy about the attention.
The most well-known scams, according to the Police NRW, are the so-called “grandchild trick” or pretending to be a policeman. Financial problems are then fabricated or it is explained that a burglary is imminent.
The police always advises in such actions to first call the local police agency at the phone number 110 and explain the facts to them.
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