Paphos police are warning of a new scam after a 73-year-old woman reported that she had given €10,000 to a man who had telephoned claiming to be a hospital director so that a relative could undergo urgent surgery.
According to a police announcement, the 73-year-old had contact them at midday to say that at around 9.30 am she had received a phone call at home from a man she did not know who introduced herself as a hospital director.