According to her, the woman arrived at the police department in Uničov at the end of last week, saying that she had probably become the victim of a fraudster. For months she thought she was texting a soldier in Haiti.
“Last September, he should have contacted her via the Messenger application with the legend that he was a UN soldier in Haiti. First, he convinced the woman to send an amount of 75,000 crowns from her account, saying that the UN was asking her for it,” said the spokeswoman.
The sailor promised a full safe. He robbed a trusting woman of millions
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Subsequently, the as yet unknown offender demanded that she purchase a gift card. In the end, the victim bought several dozen of these cards with a total value of over 48,000 crowns.
“She photographed these cards and continuously sent them to the alleged soldier with financial credit and a PIN code so that he could have them paid off,” Skoupilová stated, adding that the woman had thus sent another 75,000 crowns to the fraudster.
“The police have initiated criminal proceedings in the case on suspicion of committing the offense of fraud, for which the perpetrator faces up to five years behind bars if caught, proven guilty and convicted,” the police spokeswoman added.
Fraudsters are playing journalists
Users should beware of various investment scams in which attackers misuse the name of the news server Novinky.cz. Fraudsters usually attract easy earnings in connection with well-known personalities. In recent months, for example, fake articles featuring President Petr Pavlo or moderator Jan Kraus have appeared.
However, this is a typical phishing scam, where attackers try to extort money from people under the guise of easy profit. However, the scam is quite sophisticated, all the links in the fake article lead to another fraudulent website.
In order to confuse the trusting person as much as possible, cybercriminals in some cases do not want him to immediately fill in credit card numbers or send any money. Everything starts with registration on the given platform, after which the user will be contacted by the platform administrator. It is only with his help that money is coaxed from the trusting. You don’t have to contact him only by e-mail, but also by phone.
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