Be careful: Telephone scammers gain the trust of their victims by pretending to be bank employees.

The Saarland police are warning of a completely new scam used by telephone fraudsters: At the end of October, a 65-year-old Saarbrücken woman initially received several calls from competition companies, which ultimately resulted in a call from an alleged bank employee. Through clever conversation, the fraudsters then obtained the bank details of the victims and stole 120,000 euros.

According to the current investigation by the Department of Economic and Property Crime, the woman was led to believe in a large number of phone calls that there were security gaps in her bank's online banking.

Over a period of two weeks, the perpetrators persuaded the victim to register a cell phone provided by her to receive the push TAN data on her online banking account. This gave them control over the account of the injured party.

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The fraudsters then first increased the account's transfer limit and then made eight transfers of 15,000 euros each (total damage 120,000 euros) to a Turkish account.

During this time, the injured party only maintained contact with the “wrong bank employee”, who also made a transfer for the injured party according to instructions to the injured party’s own account at another bank.

It was only when the injured party received the current bank statements from her account, which showed the transfers to Turkey, that she noticed the fraud.

The police point out:

  • Never provide information about your personal and financial circumstances or other sensitive data over the telephone.
  • Don't let yourself be put under pressure on the phone. Don't give scammers a chance, just hang up the phone.

In addition to this scam, there are others that aim to trick people into handing over their savings to scammers.

Do you think you have been a victim of fraud? Contact the local police station immediately and file a report.

Further information can be found at www.polizei-beratung.de

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Source: Saarland Police
Article image: Shutterstock / By Andrey_Popov


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