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Leipzig (dpa / sn) - In Leipzig, a fraudster pretended to be a police officer and stole a five-digit amount of money from an 88-year-old.

As the police announced on Friday, the stranger showed the senior a supposed badge and told him that his apartment had been broken into.

He asked about valuables.

The pensioner then handed the man a box with cash.

The alleged police officer disappeared from the apartment.

The damage is in the lower five-digit range, said the police.

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