Bank sounded the alarm

Woman wanted to sell books and was ripped off

An attentive bank employee put a stop to the fraudsters. They scammed 20,000 euros from a 75-year-old woman.

The senior citizen wanted to sell her book collection. To this end, a woman from Salzburg wrote to a publishing house. When two unknown men contacted her shortly afterwards to buy the collection, the 75-year-old believed them. The collection was incomplete.

Fraudsters held out the prospect of 140,000 euros
The men claimed that they would pay 140,000 euros if the collection was complete. They would get the missing books. The woman from Salzburg paid more than 20,000 euros for three of the books purchased by the men.

She wanted to take out a loan for another book. Fortunately, an employee of the bank raised the alarm. He pointed out the fraud to the woman. The woman from Salzburg filed a complaint.