A black series of frauds in southern Poland. Residents of Nowy Sącz and Rzeszów received calls from fake bank employees. They informed them that the money in their accounts was at risk and instructed them how to keep it safe. As a result, one lost over PLN 120,000 and the other almost PLN 80,000.
A fake bank employee called a resident of Nowy Sącz with information that someone wanted to take out a loan on her behalf. She heard on the phone that in order to cancel it quickly, she needed to install an application on her phone enabling remote technical support
– The nervous woman followed the interlocutor's instructions. Later, she had to wait until the police contacted her to report the attempted fraud. When no one called, a resident of the Nowy Sącz region called the bank. It then turned out that she had been deceived, said Anna Zięcik from the press team of the Małopolska police.
The fraudster took out loans worth PLN 123,000 for the women. zloty.
She used the code provided by the scammer
A 45-year-old resident of Rzeszów received a similar call from a blocked number. The unknown man introduced himself to her as an employee of the bank's security department and informed her that he had noticed suspicious movements on her account.
– During a telephone conversation lasting almost two hours, he convinced the woman that the money collected in her account was at risk and should be placed in a safe place – said Assistant Commissioner Magdalena Żuk, spokeswoman for the city police headquarters in Rzeszów.
The fake bank employee instructed her not to contact anyone and to follow his instructions. The woman withdrew PLN 79,000 from an ATM. PLN and deposited it into the cash deposit machine using the code she received during a telephone conversation with the fraudster.
The woman later realized that she had been scammed, but it was too late and she lost her money.
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