July 20 07.30, Fraud, Örebro County

An elderly woman in her 75s was targeted by a scam and cheated out of a larger sum of money in Lindesberg. 
The woman was contacted by an unknown perpetrator who claimed that the woman could receive a larger sum of money if she paid a sum first. The woman was tricked into doing just that. Since then, there have been further demands/requests for more money from the woman, and the police were informed.
The police have filed a report on the scam. 

Many elderly crimes in the region.
The police want to warn about scammers who often target elderly people. Common methods include wanting the elderly to transfer money to unknown persons/scammers and/or ringing and claiming to want to help with taking care of valuable items to keep them safe. They often say that a person will come to the person's home to collect the valuable items. 

In some cases, the scammers pose as police officers and in other cases as security personnel at large banks or insurance companies. 
This is, of course, not true, as neither the police nor banks/insurance companies work in this way. 
Do not let unknown people into your home, the police always carry a police ID and can always identify themselves with this. The same applies to home care and other functions that visit elderly people in their homes.