Elderly woman in Üsküdar falls victim to 'fake police' scam! 'I had sold my house in İznik'

Eyüp and Hatice Kendirli, a couple living in Üsküdar, were defrauded of approximately 1.2 million TL through a phone scam. The Kendirli couple had sold their house in the İznik district of Bursa to make an investment and bought gold. They gave the 600 grams of gold they were keeping in the bank to buy a house for their children to the scammers. The scammers told the Kendirli couple, "your name is involved in a money laundering case, your gold in the bank is fake, and it has the fingerprints of criminals on it," and instructed Hatice Kendirli to go to the bank. They told Eyüp Kendirli to go to the Çağlayan Courthouse, claiming that 'the prosecutor is waiting for your statement.'

While Eyüp Kendirli was on his way to the Çağlayan Courthouse, the scammers went to the elderly woman's house, took the couple's assets under the lie that they would 'check the fingerprints on the gold and bring it back,' and then disappeared. The woman, who filed a complaint with the police, asked for help from the authorities.

"THEY SAID OUR NAMES WERE INVOLVED IN A 'MONEY LAUNDERING' CASE"

Stating that she was called on the phone while having breakfast at home with her husband, Hatice Kendirli said, "We were called on the phone, and they said our names were involved in a money laundering case. They kept us occupied on the phone constantly. When they sent us IDs and court orders, we believed them because we had never encountered such an incident. The phone didn't hang up, and we couldn't notify our children. They said our gold in the bank had been swapped and was fake. I went to the bank and checked. It was sitting there just as I had left it, untouched. They called me again and said a conviction decision would be issued in 1 week. They wanted me to take the gold, saying they would find the criminals through fingerprints. They told us to give it to someone of ours at the door and that they would bring it back in the morning. Meanwhile, they sent my husband to the Çağlayan Courthouse," she said.

"I WANT THE GANG DISMANTLED"

Hatice Kendirli, who lost 600 grams of gold to the scammers, said, "They called me the next morning. When I asked where my gold was and why it hadn't arrived, they said fingerprints were found. When I asked who they were and that they were not the police of my state, they said 'Pennsylvania, USA.' It was 600 grams of pure gold; I had sold my house in İznik. I was going to use it as a down payment to buy a house for my daughter in the future. I want the authorities to find my gold and dismantle this gang," she said.

News Source : İHA