A nationwide phenomenon is also spreading in the local Diepholz district. Scammers answer the phone and pretend to be Europol or Interpol employees. The aim of these calls is to elicit sensitive data. These include account numbers and dates of birth. The conversation is usually conducted in English.
The process of such a call
A recorded message asks you to press a certain key combination. When the call is forwarded, the person called ends up with a fraudster. This person poses as a police officer or an employee of Interpol or Europol. In a conversation with the fraudster, further personal data is collected or compared with existing data. The data obtained is then used to carry out crimes.
Fraudsters often argue that the victim's account is also involved in a large-scale fraud process. If the victim becomes suspicious, the fraudsters are not afraid to apply pressure. For example, it is claimed that the victim is obliged to cooperate. If you refuse, you may also be threatened with imprisonment.
How the groups of perpetrators even get access to the information or data of those called is purely speculative. This can be done both by dialing numbers at random and through legal and illegal data collection (data leaks on the Internet). It is important to know that the victims are in all age groups. Anyone can become a victim of such a scam.
Your police advice:
- Stop such conversations immediately. Evidence of such attempted fraud is the English conversation or recorded announcements.
- Do not follow any requests to press a key or confirm something, among other things.
- Do not give out any data, even when asked. As a rule, you don't know who you are actually talking to on the phone.
- Be suspicious.
- Do not initiate any transfers.
- Do not purchase Bitcoins or Google Play Cards for third parties.
- Never call back unknown phone numbers.
- If you still fall for the scam, report it to your police.
Source: PP/Diepholz police station
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