A man called a resident of Lubin and claimed to represent a company involved in cryptocurrency trading. “The fraudster offered the woman the opportunity to make a substantial and quick profit. The criminal manipulated his victim so thoroughly that she provided her personal and banking details,” says Asp. Staff Sylwia Serafin, press officer for the District Police Headquarters in Lubin. “It is not difficult to guess what happened next. A substantial sum of money was transferred from the Lubin resident’s account to an unknown account. The total loss amounted to over PLN 11,000.”
Police warn and appeal:
Let us not trust promises of quick profits. We should never provide passwords, logins or PIN numbers that grant access to our bank accounts. Let us not trust strangers, and remain vigilant when receiving phone calls, emails or messages from such people via internet communicators.
Prevention is very important in combating this type of crime. This means making potential victims more alert so that they are less likely to trust strangers offering them quick wealth, particularly through financial transactions.
Actions are under way to establish the fraudster’s identity and arrest him. He may face from six months to as much as eight years in prison.