Nasty scam
Senior citizen from Salzburg has 20,000 euros stolen from his account
A previously unknown perpetrator used pressure to steal money from a man in Salzburg. He convinced the 77-year-old that money had allegedly been illegally debited from his account. In order to save his money, the man from Salzburg gave the perpetrator access to his account.
A Salzburg resident was called by an alleged employee of an online payment service on Wednesday. The 77-year-old believed the English-speaking man. He said that money had been illegally debited from the Salzburg resident's account. He would have to allow remote access to his computer to transfer the money back.
Convinced by the story, the victim himself authorized transfers totalling almost 20,000 euros to two Italian accounts. The next day, the man filed a complaint. Efforts to retrieve the money failed. The investigation is ongoing.
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