Fraudster on the internet
“Actor” relieves senior citizen of 10,000 euros
A pensioner from the Tyrolean Oberland was conned out of her good faith. The 68-year-old was coldly ripped off by a supposed actor she had met on the internet. All in all, the victim lost more than 10,000 euros.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen An unknown man posed as an "internationally famous actor" to the 68-year-old woman from Imst, whom she had met on a social media platform in the spring. In reality, however, it was a brazen fraudster who was behind the scam, telling her tall tales.
Codes sent from prepaid cards
"In good faith that she was helping a celebrity with financial problems, the 68-year-old Austrian woman bought prepaid cards several times and sent photos of the codes she had scratched off to the unknown perpetrator," said the police.
Relatives threatened, charges filed
When relatives became aware of the fraud and contacted the unknown perpetrator themselves, they were threatened. The victim finally pressed charges. There is no trace of the perpetrator. The 68-year-old woman suffered losses amounting to a five-digit euro sum.
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