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15-Year-Old in Heraklion Falls for Phone Scam, Leaves Cash and Jewelry by Utility Pole

From Kathimerini · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A caller posing as a Public Power Corporation employee convinced a 15-year-old in Heraklion that the home’s electrical system faced a serious problem.
  • The teenager left cash and jewelry in a bag outside the house, and an accomplice collected it soon afterward.
  • The stolen items were valued at more than €5,000; a similar scam in Chania targeted a 77-year-old woman.

A 15-year-old in Heraklion became the victim of a phone scam after an unknown caller claimed to work for Greece’s Public Power Corporation and warned of a serious electrical fault at the teenager’s home.

The caller persuaded the boy to remove cash and jewelry from the house for safety reasons. Without realizing that he was being deceived, the teenager placed the valuables in a bag and left it at an outdoor location indicated during the call.

A short time later, an accomplice came to the location and took the bag. The total value of the stolen cash and jewelry was estimated at more than €5,000.

The incident followed a familiar scam pattern in which callers impersonate employees of public services to obtain money or valuables. A similar case was also recorded in Chania, where a 77-year-old woman in the municipality of Platanias handed scammers cash, bank cards and jewelry.

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Originally published by Kathimerini in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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