71-year-old citizen in Üsküdar defrauded of 4.5 million liras via phone scam

In Istanbul, a fraudster who introduced himself as a police officer to people he called by phone deceived 71-year-old I.T. and took 3 million 450 thousand TL from him. Realizing shortly after that he had been defrauded, I.T. reported the incident to the police. The police took action and caught the fraudster in an operation. It was revealed that the fraudster had also defrauded the same person a week earlier by taking 40 thousand dollars from him.

The incident occurred two days ago in Üsküdar. 71-year-old I.T. called the police and stated that he had been defrauded and had lost a large sum of money.

FIRST TOOK 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS

Following this, teams from the Public Security Branch Office's Fraud Bureau took action. A detailed statement was taken from I.T. In his statement, I.T. said that a person who called him by phone a week ago and claimed to be a police officer told him, "A terrorist organization has obtained your identity information. They will use it in some incidents. We are going to conduct an operation against the terrorist organization, but if you have any money, let us secure it until the operation is over." Stating that he gave the fraudster 40 thousand dollars, worth approximately 1 million 80 thousand liras, after that phone call, I.T. noted that this person called again a week later and demanded more money.

THEN GAVE 3 MILLION 450 THOUSAND LIRAS

Believing the fraudster, who said in the second phone call that the operation must be kept secret, I.T. handed over 3 million 450 thousand liras to the fraudster who came to his home this time. After the detailed statement, the police took action and quickly identified who was using the phone number.

CAUGHT WITH THE MONEY

Following the identification, teams from the Fraud Bureau conducted an operation and quickly caught the 25-year-old suspect, Ahmet G. During the operation, the 3 million 450 thousand liras taken from the victim I.T. were also seized. The fraudster, Ahmet G., who has 3 prior records for various crimes, was arrested and sent to prison. The money was returned to the complainant.