Intended victim stings phone scammer

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Officers successful bluish Greece person arrested a telephone scammer who tried to defraud a antheral retired of €50,000 but alternatively walked into a constabulary trap, officials said Tuesday.

A constabulary statement said the 39-year-old suspect allegedly belonged to a pack that pulled disconnected telephone scams connected vulnerable people. They allegedly contacted a 48-year-old antheral successful the bluish town of Kozani and pretended that his girl had had an mishap and required funds to undergo urgent surgery.

The antheral agreed to supply the sum demanded, and notified the police. He near a container containing €14,500 and 11 British golden sovereigns extracurricular his home, and when the suspect came to prime it up officers arrested him.

Police are trying to place different two pack members.

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