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Gronau (Leine) (dpa / lni) - An attentive bank employee in Gronau (Leine) in the Hildesheim district saved an 88-year-old man from fraud using the so-called grandchildren's trick.
A fraudster had pretended to be the grandson of the pensioner on the phone and pretended to need a low five-digit amount for an accident, the police said on Wednesday.
When the 88-year-old wanted to collect the money from his bank on Tuesday, a bank employee became suspicious and the man's real grandson was notified.
The police reported that the bank employee prevented worse things from happening.
There was no money handover.
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Notification of the police