One 81 year old woman was on Wednesday morning in her house on Langenstücken Street in Poppenbüttel from one fake police officers attacked and robbed. According to initial findings from the Hamburg police, the elderly woman received a call from the alleged police officer. He informed her that a burglar had been arrested in her neighborhood. Because there is evidence that the 81-year-old is also the focus of accomplices and that the police have to secure her valuables, he would pick up her valuables promptly.
Hamburg police: Jewelry and savings books were stolen from the elderly woman
After a short time, the supposed police officer appeared at the elderly woman’s house. When she opened the door for him, he pushed her aside so hard that she fell to the floor. He then searched the rooms of the family home and pushed the disabled woman aside again. The man then left the house. He is said to have been dressed in dark clothing, around 20 years old, around 1.80 meters tall and wearing a beige cap. Fortunately, the woman was uninjured in the attack, but discovered the next day that jewelry and savings books had been stolen from her safe.
Witnesses who can provide information about the attacker or who have made other observations in this context are asked to call the police tip line or a police station.
The Hamburg police point out the following:
- If a telephone call is, firstly, an emergency or police operation of any kind, which secondly can only be resolved by handing over cash and/or valuables, thirdly to a stranger, 4. in secrecy, fraudsters are at work!
- The police will never ask you over the telephone about the nature, extent or location of your assets, will never ask you to hand over your assets or deposit them in a public place, and will never put you under pressure under the pretext of having to assist investigative authorities.
- Listen to your gut feeling – healthy mistrust is not rudeness!
- Verify the claims made.
- If you have the slightest suspicion, end the phone call immediately by hanging up. Then call the police on 110, your local police station or the person allegedly affected on the familiar number.
- Talk to someone you trust. Relatives, friends or neighbors can also help prevent such acts.
- Never hand over cash or valuables to strangers.
- Strangers should never move around your apartment without supervision.
- Do not have your full name entered in the telephone book, as the perpetrators are specifically looking for “old-fashioned” sounding first names.
