Overview

• An 83-year-old in Dietramszell received a call from a man posing as a Munich hospital doctor claiming her daughter needed a €150,000 drug from Switzerland.
• The woman grew suspicious, noted she had spoken with her daughter that day, asked for a callback number, and the caller hung up before any money changed hands.
• Police said the aim of the call was to set up an in-person handover of cash to an accomplice after arranging a meeting.
• In Nienburg, a 87-year-old was told her grandson had run over a pregnant woman and needed €70,000 bail, agreed to €20,000, and handed the cash to a courier while being kept on the phone.
• Authorities have opened investigations and are renewing warnings that officials never request money by phone, urging families to verify independently and report suspicious calls.