This type of incident occurred several days ago in Lubin. The perpetrator stole the password of one of the victim’s acquaintances to her social media account and then, using a messenger, asked the victim to make two BLIK transfers of PLN 500 each.

After receiving the application password, the criminal withdrew the money from an ATM. Police officers warn: this is the “BLIK scam” method.

How do criminals operate?

Thieves steal a person’s identity, impersonate them and, taking advantage of trust, ask their friends to provide a BLIK code. They add that they are standing at the checkout and want to pay for their purchases, but their payment card happened to expire that day. Alternatively, they ask for a quick loan to make an online purchase, promising to return the money the next day.

Officers advise:

Let’s not be deceived by appearances. Let’s carefully read the messages received on our phones during every transaction, as well as messages from friends. This form of contact may turn out to be an ordinary scam. We may lose our savings, because criminals are only waiting to withdraw our hard-earned money.

How can you avoid being robbed?

  • let’s protect our access passwords and remember that the passwords we enter should not be decipherable by unauthorized people. For safety, let’s change them every few months
  • let’s remember to log out of applications every time we finish using them
  • let’s not open emails from unknown senders, and most importantly, their attachments
  • scammers often impersonate bank websites or popular auction and social media portals. Let’s remember not to enter our login or password there if we have any doubts
  • let’s inform children about the harmful consequences of using the internet
  • let’s monitor the websites viewed by the youngest children
  • let’s block websites that we believe children should not browse
  • let’s keep the operating system and software we use up to date.