Last Monday, a 40-year-old was the victim of fraud. In the afternoon, the man received a message with a link on his cell phone. The letter explained to him that he had to log into his banking app. However, the man canceled the login.
A short time later, the 40-year-old’s mobile phone rang. An unknown person explained to the man that she was an employee of a large, well-known bank. According to the unknown lady, the man from Graz had to make transfers, otherwise he would have legal problems with his account. The 40-year-old then transferred several thousand euros to an unknown account.
After the man tried to get in touch with the stranger again, he came to the hotline of a real bank. There he was informed that it was a scam.
The police warns of this new scam and asks the population to be careful: “Never transfer money to unknown accounts and always get information from your house bank immediately if you receive such messages or calls.”