The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Duping Oma: what to know about the ‘Enkeltrick’ scam in Germany After an elderly woman in a Saxony-Anhalt town received a phone call from a person claiming to be her grandchild at the weekend, she promptly withdrew €20,000 from her bank and handed it over to the criminals. Hundreds of pensioners across Germany fall for this crime each year. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/what-to-know-about-the-enkeltrick-scam-in-germany Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:41:32 +0200 what-to-know-about-the-enkeltrick-scam-in-germany Phone scammers callously exploiting vulnerable elderly Criminals are becoming ever more creative when preying on old people through fraudulent telephone scams. https://www.thelocal.de/20160623/phone-scams-elderly-fraud-old-people-robbery Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:59:24 +0200 phone-scams-elderly-fraud-old-people-robbery Police warn punters over prostitute card scam Police are warning punters in Hamburg's red light district to beware of prostitutes asking them to pay for sexual services with credit cards. https://www.thelocal.de/20151223/police-warn-punters-over-prostitute-scammers Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:20:24 +0100 police-warn-punters-over-prostitute-scammers Deutsche Bank workers accused in scam German prosecutors have charged eight former and current Deutsche Bank employees with alleged evasion of taxes on trading carbon emission certificates, it was revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150813/deutsche-bank-employees-charged-in-scam Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:44:05 +0200 deutsche-bank-employees-charged-in-scam Brit conman tricked rich women at airports A 42-year-old British man, known in the media as “airport man” has been sentenced to ten months in jail and expulsion from Germany after years of conning rich women at airports into giving him money. https://www.thelocal.de/20150430/british-airport-trickster-sentenced-in-munich Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:12:14 +0200 british-airport-trickster-sentenced-in-munich All that glitters might be 'Autobahngold'... Good Samaritan motorists pay the price as fraudsters target Germany's highways with a fake jewellery scam. https://www.thelocal.de/20141125/all-that-glitters-might-be-autobahngold Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:48:00 +0100 all-that-glitters-might-be-autobahngold