Mrs. Halina, unfortunately, fell victim to a classic investment scam – she writes. She was fooled by investments in “cryptocurrencies”, which have recently become quite popular among fraudsters. Scammers promise high profits in a short time. In fact, they quickly extort large amounts of money from victims and disappear. This time, however, it was a little different.
They extorted PLN 70,000 from the woman. zloty. They soon came back for more. Funds have disappeared from the card
The person cheated is a resident of Brzeg County. She first appeared at the police station in Brzeg (Opole Voivodeship) a few months ago. It turned out that a man called the 57-year-old woman, offering help in allegedly investing in cryptocurrencies. The woman trusted the interlocutor, followed his instructions and decided to install the recommended application on her phone.
It quickly turned out that the program was not actually a platform for buying and selling virtual coins, but the so-called remote desktop. In this way, the criminal managed to take control of the victim’s phone, made several transfers from the account and spied the authorization codes sent via SMS. The woman lost as much as PLN 70,000 this way. PLN savings.
At the end of 2023, the 57-year-old appeared at the police station again. As she reported, after several months of silence, the same man spoke up and encouraged her to start investing in cryptocurrencies. He declared that he was able to recover and return the money to the injured party. Similarly, she followed all the instructions of the fake consultant, including entering several authorization codes in the bank’s application. Shortly afterwards, she discovered that a line of credit had been opened on her account and that over PLN 30,000 had disappeared from her account. zloty.
How not to be deceived? Police warn
The police remind you to be extremely careful when talking to consultants of banks or financial companies. The officers appeal not to provide anyone with confidential data, such as logins and passwords for online banking as well as card numbers and CVV codes for online payments. You should also read each authorization message from the bank carefully and check the type and amount of the operations you are confirming.
If you receive a phone call informing you that your money in the bank is at risk (a classic method of fraudsters recently), you should hang up and call (or go to the branch in person) yourself to verify the information and report the attempted fraud.
Source: Gazeta
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