27.08.2026 15:43
In the Çerkezköy district of Tekirdağ, a suspect who called 72-year-old retired civil servant H.E. and identified himself as a police officer tried to take his 7,000 dollars by saying, 'Your money will fall into the hands of an international terrorist organization.' When H.E. went to the bank to withdraw his money, a bank employee who suspected the phone call notified the police. As a result of the surveillance set up, a suspect identified as being connected to the person who came to collect the money was caught. The police are searching for M.B., who is considered to be linked to the incident.
The bank officer's attentiveness prevented a 72-year-old retired civil servant in Tekirdağ's Çerkezköy district from losing his 7,000 dollars to scammers. The suspects' plan, who tried to deceive H.E. by posing as police officers, was uncovered when the bank officer became suspicious of the phone call.
THEY SAID, 'YOUR MONEY WILL FALL INTO THE HANDS OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION'
A person who called retired civil servant H.E., living in Çerkezköy, identified himself as a police officer.
The suspect told H.E. that his money would 'fall into the hands of an international terrorist organization' and asked him to withdraw the money in his account.
72-year-old H.E., believing what the person on the phone said, went to the bank and told the officer that he wanted to withdraw the 7,000 dollars in his account.
BANK OFFICER SUSPECTED THE PHONE CALL
While at the bank, H.E. continued his phone conversation with the suspect. The person on the phone told the elderly man, 'Go to a currency exchange office or a jeweler and convert the dollars into Turkish lira. Then a courier will come and collect it from you.'
The bank officer, who witnessed the conversation, became suspicious and notified the police.
The teams, evaluating the report, quickly came to the bank and began monitoring H.E.
HE CAME BY MOTORCYCLE TO COLLECT THE MONEY
Police teams followed H.E. from the time he left the bank until he reached his home. After a while, S.E., who came by motorcycle to collect the exchanged money, was caught by police teams.
S.E., taken into custody, said he received the job from F.Ç., the operator of a business in the Kızılpınar neighborhood.
Upon this, the teams took action and also detained F.Ç.
PHONE CALLS WERE EXAMINED
In the police investigation, it was determined that S.E. and F.Ç. frequently communicated with a phone registered under the name of M.B., who was stated to have called H.E.
It was also determined that the IBAN number found on the suspects belonged to M.B.
After their procedures at the police station were completed, S.E. and F.Ç. were referred to the courthouse.
The police, expanding the investigation, determined that M.B., who was stated to have called H.E. by phone, lives in Istanbul.