Scammers stole €21,000 from two elderly women

Two radical person been arrested successful cardinal Athens for defrauding aged women retired of much than €21,000 euros done a communal but businesslike telephone scam, authorities said Thursday.

A constabulary statement said the suspects allegedly called the two women, who unrecorded successful the western town of Arta, claimed to work for an energy institution and said their homes had a terrible wiring fault. They then talked their victims into leaving each currency and valuables they had astatine location outdoors, supposedly to code the menace of electrocution.

Police said the suspects were frankincense capable to walk disconnected with currency and jewellery worth a total €21,400.

They were arrested Tuesday.

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