131. Organized call center fraud; so-called shock call from the wrong doctor – Gräfelfing
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On Friday, January 23rd, 2026, around 2:00 p.m., an unknown perpetrator called a German man over 80 years old and pretended to be a doctor. The caller explained to the pensioner on the phone that his daughter was suffering from cancer and urgently needed medication. An amount of 180,000 euros would be due for the treatment.
The over 80-year-old said he did not have any cash of this amount, but could hand over gold in the low six-figure range. The pensioner was then asked to put the gold in a plastic bag and wait at his property for it to be handed over.
After the call, the 80-year-old’s phone rang again, this time an unknown perpetrator posed as a police officer and stated that she had overheard the previous conversation for security reasons and warned the elderly man about the scam on senior citizens. So that the police can arrest the perpetrator, it would still be important to hand over the gold to the fraudster. The pensioner believed the fake policewoman and a short time later personally handed the gold to the unknown perpetrator.
The perpetrator was not subsequently arrested.
When the over 80-year-old noticed the fraud, he independently called the police emergency number 110.
An immediate police search at the agreed meeting point has not yet led to the person collecting the item being caught or the valuables being found.
Further investigations will be conducted by Commissariat 61.
The collector can be described as follows:
Male, approx. 20 years old, approx. 175 cm, brown trousers
Call for witnesses:
Who has in the specified period in the area of Paul-Diehl-Parks, Lärchenstrasse, and Ulmenstrasse (Lochham) Perceptions made that could be related to this incident?
Anyone who can provide relevant information is asked to contact the Munich Police Headquarters, Commissariat 61, Tel. 089 2910-0, or any other police station.
Information from the Munich police:
The perpetrators’ approach is always similar. They pretend to be police officers, public officials (e.g. public prosecutors) or, most recently, doctors on the telephone and try to get their victims to hand over their existing assets under various pretexts. The perpetrators’ strategies for obtaining assets are at least as diverse as their invented stories. A healthy distrust is therefore the best prevention.
Whether fake doctors, fake police officers, fake prosecutors…
Don’t let yourself be put under pressure, just hang up!
• As a general rule, hospitals or police/prosecution offices/courts never demand cash payments or send messengers to collect money.
• Do not give out confidential information and try to contact the person who is said to be sick directly.
• Never hand over money or valuables!
• If in doubt, always dial the emergency number 110, we are available for you at any time!
132. Arrest of a suspect after organized call center fraud by fake police officers – Oberschleißheim
On Saturday, January 24th, 2026, around 9:20 p.m., a woman over 80 years old with German citizenship and living in the Munich district was contacted by telephone by an unknown caller who pretended to be a police officer. During the phone call, the unknown caller demanded a large amount of money from the senior citizen. The senior citizen’s property was agreed upon as the handover location.
In the background, police measures enabled civilian emergency services to be called to the scene of the crime. The police officers were able to see a male person at the senior citizen’s window who was in the process of taking the valuables. He was finally arrested by the police officers deployed. The valuables in the low five-digit euro amount could therefore be secured. The suspect is a 17-year-old German living in Berlin. He was reported for fraud and released.
Further investigations will be carried out by Commissariat 61.
133. Trick theft – Obergiesing
On Friday, January 23rd, 2026, around 4:30 p.m., two unknown perpetrators rang the doorbell of an over 80-year-old man with German citizenship. They posed as prospective buyers of an apartment in the apartment building. They asked the over 80-year-old for a pen and piece of paper and then went to his apartment together.
They also asked whether they could temporarily store money in the senior’s safe for the purchase of an apartment. One perpetrator distracted the senior in the living room while the second, unknown perpetrator stole the safe and its contents. Both then left the apartment and fled in a black SUV towards Fockensteinstrasse.
The safe contained, among other things, cash and jewelry, as well as a legally owned firearm (without ammunition) with a total value in the lower five-digit euro amount.
Further investigations will be conducted by Commissariat 55.
The two unknown perpetrators are described as follows:
Perpetrator 1:
Male, 40-45 years, approx. 170 cm, slim, Turkish appearance, gray hair, gray beard, spoke German with a foreign accent; dark leather jacket,
Perpetrator 2:
Male, 40-45 years, approx. 170 cm, slim, Turkish appearance, black hair, spoke German with a foreign accent; dark leather jacket
Call for witnesses:
During the specified period, who made any observations in the area of Bayrischzeller Straße, Fischbachauer Straße, Fockensteinstraße (Obergiesing) that could be related to this incident?
Anyone who can provide relevant information is asked to contact the Munich Police Headquarters, Commissariat 55, Tel. 089 2910-0, or any other police station.
134. Major police operation due to a threat – Bogenhausen
On Friday, January 23rd, 2026, around 11:40 p.m., a resident observed two groups of people getting into an argument. He stated that there was a threat with a knife. Several police patrols then went to the location. The emergency services wore appropriate protective equipment.
As part of the operational processing, two groups of people, consisting of a total of seven people between the ages of 14 and 16 and of German, Italian and Polish nationality, were encountered. The majority of the seven people live in Munich. One person comes from the Starnberg district, another person from Switzerland. According to current knowledge, there was initially a dispute between the two groups of people due to a past relationship between two parties involved. During the course of the argument, one group of people threw an egg at the other group of people. As a result, a 15-year-old with Polish and English citizenship, who also belonged to one of the groups of people, showed a telescopic baton. According to the current state of the investigation, there was no active threat to this person.
The police patrols deployed were able to find and check everyone on site. In addition to the telescopic baton, the 15-year-old also had a hand drill and a bag of white powder found. Whether these are narcotics requires further investigation. The items were all confiscated. No people were injured.
Further investigations into, among other things, the threat and attempted bodily harm were taken over by Commissariat 26.
