An online account with tens of thousands of euros worth of cryptocurrencies, ready to withdraw, in your own name – without ever depositing a euro. This supposed stroke of luck turned out to be an expensive trap for a 40-year-old from Villach.
The woman was informed about the alleged account by telephone. “The scammer posed as an employee of a financial management company and convinced the woman to download an app,” police said. “She then gave the perpetrators her access data and transferred a low four-digit amount to a Lithuanian account because this was supposedly necessary for the payment.” Just three days later, money was again debited from the woman’s account – this time from a second account. The contact with the scammers then broke off and the promised payout never took place. The woman from Villach suffered damage of several thousand euros as a result of this fraud.
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