She pretended to have love for victims on the Internet – and then cashed in. Now the 26-year-old went online in Greece.
Wrong photos, wrong name, wrong feelings – she has been luring her victims on social media since 2016, entangling them and pretending to be in love with them. Until the suspect had ‘her’ men on the phone and she could cash in on the whining tactic: she had ended up in a financial emergency through no fault of her own…
Pink glasses clouded judgment
The numerous victims (mainly from Austria and Hungary) did not want to see through their rose-colored glasses that it was fraud – and transferred huge amounts into the account of their alleged love. Contact was unexpectedly broken.
Handcuffs clicked in Thessaloniki
The Venus trap is said to have stolen 323,000 euros over the years. As a suspected member of an Eastern European gang that is also responsible for numerous cyber extortion attacks on companies. As part of the international manhunt, the 26-year-old was handcuffed in central Thessaloniki.
Source: Krone
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