Her money is not safe, she is on the list of a criminal gang: this is the lie a crook told an 84-year-old in Innsbruck. Unfortunately, he succeeded.
An 84-year-old Austrian woman was contacted by telephone several times between June 29 and August 12 by a man posing as an Interpol employee.
“You’re on the List”
The woman was told that the money in her account was at risk because she was on a list of a criminal gang, so she had to withdraw it and hand it over to an Interpol agent. The money would be held until she was safe again and then she would get the money back.
Probably several perpetrators
The gullible woman trusted the man and, after exchanging contacts, handed over a large amount of euros in cash to two different people in their apartment in Innsbruck in exchange for a transfer confirmation.
Turkish account suspicious
After the elderly woman was again asked on Friday by the “Interpol employee” to transfer a three-digit euro amount to an account in Turkey, she suspected something was wrong and she had been the victim of fraud. The damage is significant and in the six-figure range.
Source: Krone
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