Over 10,000 euros gone
Fake bank employee rips off Tyrolean (64)
Once again, a gullible citizen in Tyrol fell into the trap of cunning internet fraudsters. As is so often the case, the starting point of the scam was a call from what was supposed to be his own bank, which asked a 64-year-old man from Innsbruck to pass on a code sent by text message. The man complied with the request and is now over 10,000 euros poorer.
On Saturday, the Austrian resident of Innsbruck was contacted by an alleged service employee of his bank on his cell phone. "The employee pretended that Russian hackers had tried to access the 64-year-old's bank account and make withdrawals," the police said.
No more access to the account
To prevent damage, he only had to give the service employee a six-digit code sent by text message. "The 64-year-old complied with this instruction, which made it possible for the perpetrator to make several withdrawals from his account totaling a low five-digit euro amount," said the police. According to the victim, he no longer had access to his account and the text message was deleted by the perpetrator.
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