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Bergen (dpa / mv) - A senior from the island of Rügen (Vorpommern-Rügen district) has lost a five-figure sum to such fraudsters despite the constant warnings from the police about fraudsters.
As a police spokeswoman said on Monday in Neubrandenburg, the 78-year-old lost around 20,000 euros from mid-October.
Fraudsters had announced to the pensioner from the vicinity of Bergen by telephone that he would win a very high sum, for which he would have to transfer "processing and notary costs" in advance.
The victims of such scams are pretended that they would get part of the money transferred back with the profit, said the spokeswoman.
A bank employee noticed the suspicious transfers and on Monday prevented the man from sending any more money to the fraudsters.
The senior then filed a criminal complaint on Monday.
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