Police warn about this scam almost every day. However, a Carinthian couple fell for the bandits’ “daughter trick” and lost thousands of euros.
Once again, scammers tried the “daughter trick” and in some cases even succeeded. As LPD Carinthia reports in a broadcast, hitherto unknown criminals contacted a 71-year-old pensioner from the Villach-Land district on Tuesday night via a messaging service with an Austrian mobile number and pretended to be her alleged daughter. in a text message. , who had lost his cell phone .
The alleged daughter wrote to the pensioner that she urgently needed to make transfers and that it was no longer possible because she had lost her cell phone. Thus, in the course of correspondence, the alleged daughter asked the pensioner to transfer her 21,000 euros to several foreign bank accounts through three bank transfers.
Man suspected, but it was too late
The pensioner informed her husband about this two of three transfers required by express transfer he did. During the third transfer, the man became suspicious and stopped her. The couple suffered damage worth several thousand euros.
mrr navigation account Time 18.01.2023, 16:44 | Act: 01/18/2023, 4:44 pm