An elderly woman in Ioannina fell victim to a phone scam with the pretense of an accident that her daughter had allegedly suffered inside her home.

For the case, a foreigner was identified who, together with his unknown accomplice who impersonated the doctor over the phone, deceived the elderly woman by extracting the amount from her.

The announcement of EL.AS on the fraud

After an investigation carried out by the Ioannina Security Sub-Directorate, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Department of the Epirus General Regional Police Directorate, the details of a foreigner, who was involved in a telephone fraud case, which took place on 04-07-2024 in Ioannina, were identified .

In particular, as it emerged, an unknown accomplice of the defendant called an elderly woman and, under the pretense of being a hospital doctor, convinced her to hand over a sum of 22,000 euros to cover her daughter’s hospitalization expenses, after an accident she had allegedly suffered inside her home. .

The above amount of money was received from the elderly woman’s house by the accused, as a messenger of the alleged doctor.

The case filed against the foreigner was submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office of First Instance of Ioannina.