Two “policemen” and one victim. She lost 330 thousand. PLN. An old scam still alive

The police, banks and cybersecurity experts repeatedly warn against further fraud attempts, which – although they seem to be easy to recognize – still fall for Poles. This time, the fraudsters used the proven (and publicized hundreds of times) “copman’s method” method, extorting huge amounts of money from a certain 39-year-old woman.

30,000 were supposed to disappear. zloty. 330,000 disappeared. The woman herself transferred it to the fraudsters

Just like last Friday, a woman received a call on her work number from a man pretending to be a policeman. He informed that the services detected the disappearance of PLN 30,000 from her bank account. He also stated that the transfer was made by an unauthorized person to a foreign account. However, he assured that – as was the case with all scams of this type – the remaining funds could still be saved. All you need to do is… place them on a “special police technical account”.

At the same time, the fraudster instructed the woman to verify his identity by dialing 997 during the call. The call was redirected and the woman heard a message saying she was connecting to the police unit. Then a second man answered the phone, also identifying himself as a policeman and confirming the ID number of the first “officer”.

Such a cleverly prepared procedure made the 39-year-old believe that she had actually called the police station and had no suspicions. The second fraudster instructed the woman to increase the transfer limits on her electronic banking account and transfer all her savings to the given account. The deceived woman did not see anything suspicious in these instructions and followed the instructions.

The victim ordered two immediate transfers for the amount of PLN 331,000. She trusted the fake policemen so much that she approved the transactions in a conversation with a bank employee. This particular one was real and asked for additional authorization as standard due to the significant amounts of transfers. He was probably unaware that his client was giving her money to fraudsters. However, the victim almost saved his funds. The end of the conversation with the “officers” was heard by the 39-year-old’s employee, who immediately recognized the fraud and instructed her boss to hang up as soon as possible.

As the police write, when the woman reported the fraud to the police station, it was too late to block both transactions. The officers also remind that the police or any other services do not call Poles asking to make transfers to protect funds. This is a typical pattern of fraudsters’ actions. In such a situation, it is best to simply hang up.