Hückelhoven - On Tuesday (February 18), a woman from Herzogenrath received a call at around 4.15 p.m. from an unknown female person who introduced herself as a police officer and stated that the woman's daughter had caused a fatal traffic accident. In order for the daughter to be released on bail, cash had to be deposited at a notary's office. The 55-year-old organized the money, a six-figure sum, and drove to an agreed meeting point in Hückelhoven. The phone call was kept up until the money was finally handed over on Parkhofstraße at around 7.40 pm.
The man who picked up the money was around 25 to 30 years old and about 170 centimetres tall. He had short, dark curly hair, wore a dark jacket and had a southern appearance. The callers put further pressure on the 55-year-old woman and demanded more money. They managed to persuade the woman from Herzogenrath to go home and collect another six-figure sum of cash, which she handed over to the same person at the same location at around 7.50 pm. It was only later, in a phone call with her daughter, that the woman realized that she had been defrauded and filed a complaint with the police.
To clarify the crime, the police are asking: Who made suspicious observations in the Parkhofstraße area between 5 and 9 p.m. or made recordings with a technical device during this period that could be relevant to the investigation?
The investigation into this case is being carried out by the Hückelhoven police criminal investigation department, which can be contacted on 02452 920 0. You can also provide information via the Heinsberg police website or via the direct link: https://polizei.nrw/artikel/anzeige-hinweis.