An 89-year-old from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district invested a very large sum of money in cryptocurrencies between February and December 2023. Unknown perpetrators may have even remotely accessed the woman’s laptop.
The investigation is currently being conducted by a police station in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district. According to the initial findings, the 89-year-old obtained information about investment transactions (cryptocurrency) on a corresponding website.
As a result, this investment company conducted consultations and made final fund transfers to various accounts. The perpetrators manipulated their victim in such a way that she installed software on her laptop and thus gave the perpetrators remote access to her hardware.
43 money transfers in ten months
The 89-year-old invested a very large amount of money between February and December 2023 and eventually filed the complaint together with family members. Police officers immediately recognized that the woman from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district was a victim of investment fraud (cyber trading fraud).
Prevention tips
Fraud comes in different forms. Cyber trade fraud is just one form of this. The police repeatedly warn about scams on the internet. Prevention tips can be found on the homepage of the Federal Criminal Police Office.
Source: Krone
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