4 result(s) for “Phone fraud”
A 93-year-old resident of Shiga Prefecture pretended to comply with a caller posing as a police officer, recorded the exchange, and helped officers arrest a 47-year-old man on October 26, 2026, in a rare example of an elderly citizen using caution and presence of mind to foil a phone scam.
Regional police investigators say a string of recent incidents in Halland County show scammers posing as law enforcement and tradespeople are persuading victims to hand over jewellery and bank cards. Authorities urge immediate vigilance and set out simple steps older people and carers can take to reduce risk.
Utrecht police say a 16 year old who posed in a bank withdrawal with a stolen card has been identified and detained following an investigation of a phone scam in which callers posed as investigators to collect elderly victims’ bank cards and jewelry.
Police in Sweden’s northern policing region issued an urgent warning on October 2, 2026 that telephone and SMS frauds are again circulating across the area, with callers posing as police or service providers and attempting to trick mainly older people into handing over money or revealing BankID credentials.