Scammed on the web

32 debits: Woman over 10,000 euros poorer

A woman (47) in Innsbruck became the victim of an internet scam. A total of 32 debits were made from her account. The loss amounts to 10,000 euros. To date, there is no trace of the fraudsters.

According to the police, the fraud began on March 19. "An unknown male person contacted the 47-year-old and told her that she still had a three-digit euro balance in her investment account." Consequently, the Tyrolean woman was asked to transfer a three-digit sum of money to the account.

Based on the information available, it is suspected that the unknown perpetrator and the alleged helper may have worked together.

Ein Sprecher der Polizei

"Helper" was another fraudster
A few days later - on March 22 - the victim was contacted by an unknown woman. "She told the 47-year-old that she had been the victim of a scam." However, the unknown woman was just another fraudster. She promised the Tyrolean woman that she would help her get her money back. In the end, 32 debits were made from the 47-year-old's account. The loss amounts to around 10,000 euros. 

According to the police, the two perpetrators are likely to have cooperated.