Cops from the local town (Wiesbaden) put out a bulletin this afternoon.....six attempts were made this morning (Wed) to call up older Germans in the city and some person tried the "woeful grandson" trick. All six episodes met with failure because the folks knew of the scam.
The way that the "woeful grandson" trick works is simple. Someone calls up a older guy or gal, and tells them that Junior is in serious trouble and he needs ten to twenty thousand Euro to get him out of trouble. This can't wait....it needs to happen in an hour or less.....so there's no time for discussions or thinking.
This typically means a trip to the bank, if the old guy or gal buys into the story.
Locally, banks have been briefed to ask questions if any senior citizen walks in and asks for a significant amount of cash. The odds of the trick working? Almost zero.
If the idiots running the scam would just keep the scam to 300 Euro, then it'd be simple for a person to walk up to an ATM machine and withdraw that amount without arising suspicion of the bank clerks. For some reason, they are all geared toward big scams and want to pursue the ten thousand Euro goal.
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