False cops are deceiving the elderly - lying about relatives being shot

The police are receiving more and more reports of fraud against older people. In several cases, the fraudsters have pretended to be police officers. The people contact the elderly and ask them to hand over valuables in different ways.

– Most recently, they have been so ugly that they call and say that a daughter or another close relative has been shot. And that's what you do to shock. Fraud against the elderly is constantly going on and is really accelerating at the moment, says Robert Loeffel, spokesperson for the Police Region South, to the Smålandsposten.