A man from the Krems district was surprised when he was recently written to by Melissa Naschenweng on Instagram. The 36-year-old only noticed that it was not the real hit star, but a fraud with a fake profile of the Carinthian, when there was already 98,000 euros on it.
Because after the two had talked several times and a relationship of trust had been built, the alleged musician then asked for financial help. Your account has been blocked and your grandfather is also in the hospital.
shame worked
Thanks to jokes like this, the money flowed into a French account in eight installments within a few weeks. When the victim had become suspicious and hesitated with the transfer, the criminals first offered interest and later repaid double the amount.
radio silence…
In the end there was no money back, instead contact was broken. The victim had no choice but to go to the police. The investigation is underway.
Source: Krone
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