Overview
- Rheinland-Pfalz: A 77-year-old was duped by the grandchild trick and handed 50 gold coins worth about €125,000 to an unknown collector at the Amtsgericht Speyer after a caller posed as a prosecutor demanding bail.
- Munich: An over-70s woman gave cash and gold coins worth a six‑figure amount at her Moosach home after a caller claimed to be from a hospital and said her daughter urgently needed expensive cancer treatment; she later filed a report.
- Hesse: In Breitenbach am Herzberg, a senior surrendered gold bars to a short, stocky woman in dark clothing after calls from a crying “grandson” and supposed police, and the case was reported to authorities.
- Police in Ludwigshafen, Munich, and Bad Hersfeld are investigating the incidents, and the perpetrators have not been identified.
- Authorities urge residents to verify urgent money requests via known numbers and to refuse handing cash or valuables to unknown couriers.