Over €10,000 damage
“Original goods”: Company falls into fraudster’s trap
A company from the Innsbruck area was ripped off in the cold: The company was offered "originally packaged items" that were to be sold at a lower price as part of insolvency proceedings. Various devices were ordered and paid for - but they were not delivered. Five-figure loss!
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen In the period between mid-October and early November, the company from the Innsbruck-Land district received emails from a supposed law firm. "They claimed to be involved in insolvency proceedings for a company for wholesale products and to be offering items in their original packaging in this context," said the Tyrolean police, describing the brazen scam.
The requested amount was transferred to a German bank account in advance.
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After making contact via a German telephone number and further email correspondence, various devices worth a five-digit euro amount were actually ordered. "The requested amount was transferred to a German bank account in advance," the investigators continued.
Contact broken off via email and telephone
After the devices were not delivered, the company in question tried to contact the alleged law firm again by email. But without success. "We received an error message that the email could not be delivered." Suddenly, no one could be reached by phone either.
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