Overview
- A woman in her 80s handed several boxes of gold coins to a stranger after receiving a phone call from someone who claimed to belong to a special police commission and warned of an arrest and a letter mentioning her coins.
- The caller said an employee would inspect the home for bugs and secure the coins, and shortly after an unknown man visited the house and left with the stolen boxes in a red Seat.
- Police describe the suspect as about 30 years old, roughly 1.85 meters tall, wearing a black T‑shirt and black trousers, and ask anyone with sightings between 17:30 and 18:15 to call Kriminalpolizei Fürstenfeldbruck at 08141/61 20.
- Authorities warn that fraudsters sometimes pretend to call from the emergency number 110 and advise ending suspicious calls, calling a known contact to verify claims, never handing valuables to strangers, and reporting concerns to 110 or the local tip line.
- Criminal investigators say this type of social‑engineering scam targets older people by creating urgency and trust in official‑sounding callers, and police statement suggests more public awareness and witness tips are needed to prevent repeat incidents.