Some victims didn’t know about their bad luck
The Styrian district IT investigator came across the first lead in Lower Austria on the digital marketplace and, with the support of analysts from the Styrian State Criminal Police Office, various Austrian police stations and in particular the Perchtoldsdorf police, brought together similar cases nationwide. In total, 21 similar cases of fraud were found that had already occurred in the period June and July 2023. In addition to victims in Styria, Carinthia, Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg and Vienna, victims were also identified in Germany and Finland. Some of them were still waiting for the music box or still thought they had purchased a valid voucher.
21 cases – TikTok video tricked boys into cheating
