Attention, motorway gold! Police warn of brazen fraudsters in Hesse

Attention, motorway gold! Police warn of brazen fraudsters in Hesse

Heppenheim, Deutschland - A worrying phenomenon on Hesse's highways is increasingly gaining attention: the fraud stitch, which is known as "Autobahngold", is bringing more and more drivers into an unpleasant location. The police now urge to warn of the tricksters, who often only leave their victims for a short moment to give the impression of doing good business. As [hessenschau.de] (https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/masche-autobahngold-polmi-warnt-vor- an-Hessischen-Autobahnen-V1betruger-Autobahngold-100.html) reports, the fraudsters often wave to themselves by providing an emergency situation.

The typical scenario looks like this: a driver stops to help and learn that the appealing man has no gasoline and urgently needs cash. In exchange for fast amounts of money, the fraudsters offer supposedly valuable gold objects such as rings or chains. This stitch turned out to be particularly perfidious, because the "gold pieces" often turn out to be worthless dummies. According to the RPR1, more and more drivers are reporting similar experiences.

press reports and arrests

The police have increasingly pointed out this fraud in the past few weeks, since the cases are increasing in both frequency and in trubricity. Finally, four suspects, including two men and two women between the ages of 26 and 38, were arrested on the A5 near Heppenheim. During a search of their vehicle, 19 gold chains, 99 gold rings and a few ears were secured, which later turned out to be counterfeits. [hessenschau.de] (https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/masche-autobahngold-polmi-warnt-vor- an-Hessischen-Autobahnen-V1bstuger-Autobahngold-100.html) reports that the fraudsters are often from Eastern Europe and the car is on the road with foreign license plates.

The stitch is particularly brazen when the fraudsters have a crying or screaming child in the vehicle - a targeted means of exciting the pity of the helpful. It is alarming that many victims out of shame or the conviction that they have made good business with the counterfeits that do not report fraud. According to [BKA] (https://www.bka.de/shahareddocs/kurzmandenungen/250425_ Development_betrugskriminalit%C3%A4t.html), however, it is noted that only 20 percent of all fraud crimes is shown, the actual number of unreported number is much higher.

prevention and behavioral tips

The Hessen police appealed to the drivers to be particularly vigilant. The police should always be involved in offers of gold jewelry or similar exchange shops on motorways. The risks are high and the value of such offered jewelry is often not recognizable for laypersons. If you are seriously interested in gold or silver, you should only do this from trustworthy dealers. Cars are by no means the right place for such business.