It was Thursday afternoon that Lunde was sitting at the kitchen table with her knitting at home in Ulefoss. Her house is in a quiet neighborhood. Suddenly a man she had never seen before walked into the kitchen. He went straight to the point, she says. – He leaned over the kitchen table, and then he started talking about power and electricity and things, says the 96-year-old. – Good thug She didn’t want to hear anything more about that, and told the stranger she wasn’t interested. Suddenly the man got cold feet, and disappeared as quickly as he had come. The homeowner has had uninvited guests visit in the past, and has read about several similar cases of fake electricity monitors. – That is a real thug, I thought, and called 112, she says. It was the newspaper Kanalen that mentioned the case first. LOCK: From now on, Nancy Lunde (96) locks the door at home. Photo: Nils Fridtjof Skumsvoll / news Grandchildren to the rescue Just as the man left the house, Vilde Marie Lunde Brauti (14) came walking down the street. She thought it strange that the great-grandmother had a visit from a strange man. BRIEF: Vilde Marie Lunde Brauti (14) secured the registration number from the car of the man who is now in custody. Photo: Nils Fridtjof Skumsvoll / news – I followed him further. It occurred to me that I could write down the car number. It is easy to find people based on that, says Brauti. The grandchild thinks little of the fact that the great-grandmother has been tried to defraud. – It is inappropriate, she says. Several relatives mobilized and had the car filmed on its way away from the house. Nancy also contacted the son-in-law, who, via a camera on the dashboard, was able to film the car. Tips Great help Police attorney Beate Tande says a man was arrested in Lillestrøm the same day. The man is 49 years old and charged with having entered the home without permission. He is in custody to avoid tampering with evidence. POLICE: Beathe Tande is a police attorney in the South-East police district. Photo: Nils Fridtjof Skumsvoll / news The registration number may have helped the police to arrest the right person. – It has been a great help to the police that we can make an arrest on the same day, she says. The police will investigate whether the accused can be linked to several cases where the same procedure has been used. The man’s defender, Charlotte Tuven Eriksen, says the 49-year-old has explained himself to the police, but does not want to go into what he has said in questioning. Several scams According to TV 2, there have been several cases of scams involving the elderly in Eastern Norway so far this year. In Kongsvinger, a 77-year-old was defrauded of NOK 38,000. Also in Kongsberg and Skiptvedt, people over the age of 80 have been defrauded. The fraudster has pretended to come from an electricity company, and is thus let inside the door. The man was sentenced to prison in 2016 after 43 cases of serious fraud against the elderly in Sweden.
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Nancy (96) was defrauded in her own kitchen – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
