Overview
- A 72-year-old in Bannewitz handed a courier €14,000 in cash plus gold bars and coins worth about €15,000 after a fabricated emergency call about her daughter.
- In Borken, a senior was persuaded by a supposed officer to safeguard cash and jewelry, then passed a bag to a woman posing as police for a mid–four-figure loss.
- Kriminalpolizei Homberg’s K20 unit has taken over the Borken case and is appealing for witnesses to the handover between 21:00 and 21:30 near the area west of the sports field.
- Police released a description of the Borken collector as a woman about 1.70 meters tall with dark hair who spoke German with an accent.
- Authorities reiterate that officers will not request money by phone, advise against giving financial details or handing valuables to strangers, and urge independent verification by calling official numbers.