An 85-year-old woman was robbed at home in the Berliner Straße on Wednesday this week (3rd April, 2013). At 2.50pm she let a pair of young people into her flat who said that they wanted to leave a note for someone else in the house, but asked her to write it for them – something police call the “slip of paper” trick. After they had left she noticed that her handbag was missing which contained her purse with cash and a copy of her ID card in it, as well as a keyring.
85-year-old robbed with “slip of paper” trick
April 5, 2013 By
About Graham TappendenGraham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for local newspapers he works as a self-employed IT consultant and online community manager. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.
