Police identify phone scammer who grabbed €50,000 in cash

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A antheral who talked a woman successful cardinal Greece into leaving €50,000 successful currency extracurricular her doorway and then took disconnected with the wealth has been identified and charged, authorities said Tuesday.

A constabulary statement said the 23-year-old suspect was 1 of astatine slightest two radical who pulled a communal but highly businesslike scam connected the woman successful the town of Volos. The scammers allegedly phoned her connected Thursday, pretending to work for a powerfulness company, and warned her she had an energy leak astatine home.

To debar the supposed hazard of electrocution, she was urged to spot immoderate wealth and valuables she mightiness person astatine location outdoors. The woman complied, leaving a container with €50,000, a golden sovereign and jewellery for the scammers to prime up.

Such scams typically target aged oregon different vulnerable people, and stay highly remunerative – and comparatively low-risk – for fraudsters contempt repeated constabulary nationalist consciousness campaigns.