A woman fell victim to fraud in her settlement Kavala as three persons under the guise of an emergency of her relative managed to extort gold pounds.

The perpetrator contacted the victim by phone and under the pretext that he intends to support a relative of hers who has caused a fatal traffic accident, demanded money for the provision of his services. In fact, in order to be more convincing, his unknown accomplice during the phone call pretended to be a relative and convinced the old woman to hand over ten golden pounds to the perpetrator.

After the complaint of the incident, an investigation was carried out by police officers of the Pangaio Police Department, during which the details of the perpetrator were identified, who, as it was established on 11-15-2024 in the morning, traveled by I.X.E. car in a settlement of Kavala and received the golden pounds from the victim.

A case file was filed against the perpetrator for the crime of fraud, which also includes two unknown accomplices who are wanted.

Preliminary investigation is carried out by the Pangaio Police Station.

On the occasion of the incident, the General Police Regional Directorate of Eastern Macedonia published useful tips to avoid defrauding citizens:

-Be especially wary when strangers try to convince you to pay a sum of money, under the pretext of an urgent need for a relative or friend (e.g. hospitalization). They may try the same over the phone. For the same reasons do not give in to invitations to meet (dates, etc.).

– In cases where strangers invoke an emergency of a known relative, always seek to contact your known relative by phone to confirm what they invoke. The communication should be done with your own phone and on your own initiative and you should not accept to speak with a person who was called by strangers.

– In any case, state that you are not going to hand over money if your acquaintances-relatives do not appear.

– It is pointed out that hospitals or public services do not use the practice of their employees going to homes or public places and asking citizens to pay money for the provision of their services.

– Always have available the phone numbers you need to contact in case of emergency (Police, Fire Department, Hospitals, close relatives, etc.).

– Try to retain the characteristics of the perpetrators, as well as the vehicles in which they drive (registration number, vehicle make, color, etc.), to help the work of the law enforcement authorities.

– Always inform the police authorities, even in the event of an attempted fraud against you.