The incident occurred on July 14 in Szklarska Poręba (Jelenia Góra County). That day, a woman called a resident of the town on her landline. The criminal claimed to be the woman’s daughter and persuaded her to withdraw PLN 20,000 from the bank.
Deputy Inspector Edyta Bagrowska, press officer of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Jelenia Góra:
The money was supposedly to be paid as bail to release her son-in-law from detention, after he had caused a car accident.
The spokesperson adds:
Fortunately, the cash was not handed over, because the victim was contacted by her real daughter and it turned out to have been an attempted fraud.
Police officers: “We warn against such calls.”
How can you avoid being scammed?
- do not provide any information over the phone about your home, savings, when you are at home or who you live with
- remember that police officers do not call people to collect money
- do not respond to surveys containing similar questions
- do not hand over cash or any other belongings to strangers
- do not let surveyors, salespeople, people claiming to be employees of various institutions or anyone else behaving suspiciously into your home
- always call your relative back using a known number
- contact a family member to confirm that such an incident has occurred.
- report any suspicious calls to the police immediately by calling 112.
Let us recall: fraud is punishable by between six months and as many as eight years in prison.