A 36-year-old resident of Zgorzelec County fell victim to fraudsters. – The perpetrator contacted him by phone and claimed to be an “employee of the cybercrime security department” of one of the well-known banks. He informed him that a hacker attack had been carried out on his bank account and that a loan of PLN 56,000 had been taken out – reports ком. Agnieszka Goguł, press officer for the Commander of the District Police Headquarters in Zgorzelec. – The fraudster told the victim that, in order to cancel the debt incurred, he had to sign another loan agreement with the bank for the same amount, which would result in the first one being cancelled.
The 36-year-old believed the criminal and took out the aforementioned loan. The con artist then instructed the victim to withdraw all the cash and deposit it into a cash deposit machine using BLIK codes provided by the caller.
After making three deposits, the 36-year-old began to suspect that he was becoming the victim of a scam and shared his doubts with the criminal. The latter informed him that, to make sure, he would connect him with the prosecutor’s office in Warsaw. The spokeswoman said: – A landline number corresponding to the indicated office was supposed to appear on the phone, and a man claiming to be an employee there answered and confirmed the fraudster’s entire story.
The result? The victim deposited the rest of the money. He realized that he had been manipulated when the fraudster told him to withdraw all his savings. And send those as well using the codes.
A reminder: fraud is punishable by a prison sentence of between six months and as many as eight years.