Scammers trick 85-year-old Klagenfurt man into sending more than 1,000 euros

An 85-year-old man in Klagenfurt transferred more than 1,000 euros to telephone scammers who frightened him by claiming he was involved in a serious case, ORF reported.

The unknown callers contacted him on Thursday morning and said a criminal case had been opened against him. They posed as a police officer, a representative of the public prosecutor’s office and a bookkeeper, then told him to send money through an international transfer service.

The man went to a branch of the service and made the transfer, resulting in a loss of more than 1,000 euros.