Codes stolen – fraud with prepaid cards: Thousands of euros in damage

A hitherto unknown fraudster succeeded in convincing a saleswoman in Ötztal to hand over prepaid card codes by telephone. There was damage in the four-digit euro range.

On Sunday around 4:40 p.m., a previously unknown perpetrator contacted a saleswoman in a shop in Ötztal Bahnhof, told her she was from the technology department of a prepaid card company and asked the seller to pass on prepaid card codes, otherwise the prepaid cards would expire.

The saleswoman complied with the request, whereupon the perpetrator redeemed the codes. This resulted in damage amounting to a four-digit euro amount.

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