Overview

• A 76-year-old woman in Rödelheim received a call around 9:00 and handed over jewelry and her bank card with PIN to a purported officer at her door.
• Money was withdrawn from her account afterward, with the total loss reaching the mid-to-upper four-digit euro range according to police.
• Around 11:15 in Harheim, a 78-year-old man surrendered a lower four-digit sum in cash to two collectors using the same ruse.
• The perpetrators alternated calls posing as bank employees, police officers and prosecutors to pressure the victims into compliance.
• Investigators released a description of a male suspect—about 30 years old, roughly 1.80 meters tall, light eyes, blonde hair styled back, gold rectangular glasses, dark leather shoes—and asked for tips at 069/755-52499.