Woman posing as social worker cheats elderly Klaipėda resident out of €11,000

Saturday 5th September 2026 on 08:45 in Lithuania

fraud, Klaipėda, police

A woman posing as a social worker cheated an elderly resident of Klaipėda, a port city, out of €11,000, LRT reported, citing the Police Department.

The woman, born in 1939, met a stranger in Klaipėda on Friday. The stranger introduced herself as a social worker and obtained the money through deception.

Police have opened a pre-trial investigation into fraud.

Source 
(via LRT)