The daughter has had an accident. The cousin must be in custody. The son has a new phone number and needs money. – With such stories, professional gangs mainly rip off older people all over Austria. But how do criminals get information about their victims? There is a hot lead.
“The perpetrators cause enormous damage in the millions,” said Gottlieb Türk, head of the Carinthian criminal investigation department. The latest crime statistics also show that fraud has increased by almost 20 percent – mainly due to telephone fraud organized professionally from abroad: “Some groups work from Turkey, others from Poland and Slovakia.” collect money, jewels and treasures from the victims. And the victims are also carefully selected in advance.
Source: Krone
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