The case of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Białystok. When the resident of the city reported to the police, it was too late. The cybercriminals disappeared, and the 27-year-old was left with loans and no life savings. In total, she lost over PLN 312,000.
The woman from Białystok repeatedly refused to cheat. They used a trick. They stole property
As the woman described the situation, she started receiving the first suspicious calls about four months ago. Then her number was called by men who introduced themselves as financial advisors. They spoke Polish, but with a characteristic Eastern accent, the police write. The alleged experts convinced the 27-year-old that there were funds in her cryptocurrency account that she could withdraw if she wanted. This is a very common fraud scheme recently.
However, the woman did not let herself be approached. She told her interlocutors that she had never opened the account in question and had never invested in cryptocurrencies. However, the fraudsters did not give up and kept calling the woman from Białystok with the same information. Finally, the 27-year-old asked one of the alleged experts to close the account in question, despite knowing that she had never opened it. She also advised not to contact her again regarding this matter.
Then a man impersonating an advisor spotted a chance for fraud. He promised to close the alleged account, but said that as part of the process, the accumulated funds would need to be withdrawn. He also added that the entire operation would take a maximum of 10 minutes. He then began to give the woman further instructions that were supposed to lead to the closure of the non-existent account.
The woman from Białystok – according to the instructions – installed on her computer and smartphone the application recommended by the fraudster (as it later turned out, it was a remote desktop program), and then logged in to her real online banking account. Then the cybercriminal started transferring savings from her account and then taking out further loans for the woman. The 27-year-old confirmed all transactions with SMS codes. She only realized she was a victim of fraud when she received a notification from her bank that she was no longer creditworthy.
Source: Gazeta
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