Creeping trust – Pongauerin was cheated of money


A woman from Pongau was the victim of fraud. She paid a five-figure amount.

A scam brought a 39-year-old woman from Pongau a five-digit euro amount. An unknown perpetrator gained her trust through social media and asked her for money several times. He stated that he was a soldier in the US Army and that he urgently needed money in order not to be transferred to Afghanistan. The woman from Pongau transferred several payments to an American and Bitcoin account to the perpetrator, who only contacted the 39-year-old via social media platform at the beginning of February 2021.