We have written many times on Gazeta.pl about cybercriminals who impersonate employees of banks or companies providing financial services. However, there is still not a day that goes by without the police informing about other victims who, after contact with fraudsters, lost up to several hundred thousand zlotys.
He “invested” PLN 140,000. PLN to get money from a fake account
A 53-year-old man who reported to the police from Kozienice lost his savings. He tried to play the cryptocurrency market with the help of a supposed expert he met over the phone in early January. According to the report, the fraudster introduced himself as a representative of a “cryptocurrency exchange platform” and stated that the 53-year-old’s account had significant funds from trading in virtual currency. It is not clear how the money would even find its way into the 53-year-old’s purported wallet, but he – encouraged by the prospect of its payment – decided to cooperate.
Then the fraudster informed about the need to pay PLN 140,000. PLN towards the platform, which was then to be returned together with the funds from the alleged cryptocurrency trading. A resident of Kozienice County agreed to this proposal and after a few days, he started transferring his savings through payment gateways to various recipients indicated by the alleged expert. As if that wasn’t enough, he installed an application on his device that turned out to be a remote desktop program (an application often used by fraudsters).
The days passed and 140,000 was paid. PLN did not appear in the man’s account on the fake investment platform. Then the 53-year-old realized that he had been deceived and reported the matter to police officers from the police station in Kozienice. Both the false “expert” and the deposited savings disappeared into the ground. The police inform that they are currently determining all the circumstances in this case and appeal to be particularly careful when contacting people offering to provide any financial services.
Source: Gazeta
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