A new one phone scam occurred last Saturday at Holargowith an elderly woman as her victim, who was persuaded to hand over her jewelry and money to alleged employees of DEDDEE.

According to her ERTa man called the elderly woman, pretending to be an employee of DEDDIE, and instructed her to wrap her jewelry in aluminum foil, place it in basins and take it down outside her house. A short time later, two men arrived at the scene and took them away, while an eyewitness, a neighbor of the woman, described the scene.

“I saw a stout man, dark-skinned, probably Roma, holding a blue basin full of objects wrapped in aluminum foil. He was shouting “quick, quick” at a car waiting in the middle of the road. Then they disappeared upwards,” the woman said.

The elderly woman stated that she lost jewelry worth 10,000 euros and 300 euros in cash. As it became known, the police arrested a 21-year-old member of the spiral, while the illegal benefit from the group’s action is estimated at 90,000 euros.

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According to official figures, fraud incidents have increased by 40% through 2024, with phone scams now taking center stage. The perpetrators pretend to be employees of DEKO, banks, insurers, accountants or even police officers, in order to extort money or personal data.

The president of the Hellenic Institute of Cyber ​​Security, Ms. Sessula, underlined that these are fake calls that mainly target the elderly: “Official bodies, such as the police or DEKO, never contact citizens by phone for such cases. We never give out personal or financial information and immediately end the call,” he stressed.

The authorities call on citizens to be especially careful and to inform the police immediately in case they receive suspicious calls or requests to transfer money.