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Luxury bags, jewelry, paintings and bank card: in Paris (France), an octogenarian scammed for a total of at least 400,000 euros
The victim, living in the 8th arrondissement, entrusted her assets to fake bank advisors and police officers who claimed to protect them following fraud on her bank accounts.
A vulnerable octogenarian, who lives in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, was scammed out of at least 400,000 euros by three criminals who introduced themselves to her as a bank advisor, a police officer and couriers, on Sunday, October 13, Le Figaro learned from concordant sources. All evening, the scammers went back and forth to her home to collect her bank card, jewelry, luxury brand bags, as well as several paintings.
After receiving a fraudulent email yesterday, the victim was called on Facetime by one of the scammers. It is 8:22 p.m. on Sunday, and on the other end of the phone, the individual introduces himself to the 80-year-old woman as an employee of her bank's fraud department. He informs her that a "risk of theft" exposes the octogenarian, notes a police source, and that as such, she must move her valuables "safely".
Facetime call
A first fake courier rings her doorbell and first collects the victim's credit card, which he slips into an envelope. The octogenarian, meanwhile, is still on the line with the group of scammers. The conversation with his fake bank advisor has ended, and it is now with a woman who introduces herself as "the police commissioner of the 15th arrondissement" of Paris that the victim is speaking.
At the request of the two criminals, she then gathered her valuables at home: a box filled with around thirty pieces of jewelry, as well as 10 luxury brand bags. The same fake courier rang her doorbell again and took them. Still at the request of the criminal who was talking on Facetime, she then filmed the walls of her apartment. Her interlocutor noticed the presence of several valuable paintings, which he asked her to take down and bring down in front of his building. There, a second fake courier, driving a white car, picked them up a few moments later.
According to several police sources, the criminals' Facetime call lasted "the entire duration of the scam" and only ended at 00:30. In the meantime, the victim's children, worried, alerted the police. This Monday, the three perpetrators are still on the run. An investigation into "organized fraud" has been opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, and the Brigade for the Suppression of Astute Crime (BRDA) has been notified.
Seriously tho, W. T. F.
If you have elderly parents, tell them to call you first before doing anything.