First, a 35-year-old from Villach received a suspicious text message, then he was contacted by telephone by an alleged bank employee to protect him from fraud.
“Your access to online banking has expired.” The text message announced this to Villacher on November 1. He immediately clicked on the link provided and entered his login details. “In the evening he was contacted by a man claiming to be a bank employee. He told him that a transfer had been made to Russia and that the text message was a scam message,” police said. “So he was tricked into downloading software and logging into online banking again.”
Bank managers noticed the fraud
The fraudster then had full access to the 35-year-old’s account and made multiple transfers worth tens of thousands of euros. “It was not until the victim was contacted by his actual bank representative on Thursday that the fraudulent act was discovered,” police said.
Source: Krone
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