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Caught in a fraud trap: “Could slap me!”

In Carinthia, victims of unscrupulous fraudsters are scammed by telephone almost every day and robbed of their savings. According to statistics, however, it is not "only" the older generations who fall into the brazen traps of criminals.(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

Helpfulness, hope, gullibility - criminals exploit these weaknesses unscrupulously. In Klagenfurt, the daughter trick trap snapped shut again.

"Hello mom, this is my new number" - all too often the textual beginning of a psychological and costly dilemma. As a woman from Klagenfurt recently found out. The 58-year-old had received a WhatsApp message and was asked for financial support in the course of further chats. The victim transferred several thousand euros - directly to the fraudsters' account. A classic case of the so-called daughter or son trick. The woman from Klagenfurt literally paid for her willingness to help.