türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 December 2021)
NOTE: see three TNT reports from October about
similar phone frauds, all of which could have been
prevented if the victims had said "I don't speak
Turkish!" at the outset. Sigh...
If only C.A. had video phone service! Still...
In Istanbul, callers identifying themselves as policemen, phoned a
woman named C.A., a senior engineer by profession. The callers told
C. A. "your accounts have been seized by FETÖ (Fethullah Gülen
Terror Organization). We've started an operation so until the operation
is over you have to give us all the money you have at home and in the
bank. We'll give it back to you when the operation is over." (!)
C.A., in a panic, had her husband E.A., also a professional senior
engineer, help her gather up all the money in the house and they left.
At a park in Sarıyer, they gave a courier $500,000. The next day, the
hoodwinkers called again, saying "bring the money you have in the bank,
too." This time, the caller had the couple meet the courier in a park in
Göktürk, where they turned over $400,000 to a courier.
A few days later, the swindlers called again and asked whether the
couple had any more money. When C.A. admitted that there was still
$70,000 left in the bank, the caller demanded in an angry voice "Bring
that money too!" The couple was directed to Botanik Park in Bakırköy,
where they handed over the remaining $70,000.
Still not satisfied, the bilkers called again, saying "sell your house and
bring the money to the place I designate." At this point (!), the couple
called the real police, explained what had happened to them and
realized they had been hoodwinked by the callers. They filed a
complaint with the police, who are looking for the tele-swindlers.
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