Kathimerini English

Seniors targeted.

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OPolice uncovered one case of fraud and another of attempted fraud against seniors in Pieria in northern Greece on Saturday. According to the investigat­ion, a woman and her accomplice called an elderly woman while pretending to be bank employees on June 16 and claimed that they would mediate in the attainment of 42,000 euros that she was entitled to from the benefits of a relative. In exchange they extracted an undisclose­d amount from their victim. Using the same scam, the perpetrato­rs called an elderly man two days later and tried to extract 8,800 euros from him, ostensibly to help him obtain a retroactiv­e amount from his pension to the tune of 28,000 euros. A case has been filed against the woman for the crimes of fraud and attempted fraud, while police are seeking to to identify her accomplice, as well as their possible participat­ion in other criminal acts.

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