10,000 euros gone
Fraudster emptied account via “remote maintenance”
Fraudster pretended to be an employee of a security company and stole 10,000 euros from a 65-year-old woman from Pinzgau. The woman gave the man access to her laptop and money was moved in front of the victim.
The fraudster told the woman from Pinzgau on the phone that her account with a well-known online mail order company had been hacked. Under the pretext of solving the problem as quickly as possible, he persuaded her to install a remote maintenance program and give him access to her laptop. The stranger then logged on to various platforms and repeatedly asked the 65-year-old to use her ELBA access to monitor alleged account transactions.
Under the victim's eyes, money was actually moved around in her account. When she confronted the fraudster, he assured her that the money was already being transferred back in cooperation with her bank. But the bitter truth was revealed after the conversation: Over 10,000 euros had been transferred from her savings book and current account to a German account. The woman immediately filed a complaint with the police.
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