Siedlce. He believed his bank account was infected and lost his savings

A few days ago, a 68-year-old man from Siedlce received a call from a man claiming to be an “internet crime protection employee” with information that “his organization” suspected bank employees of selling the data of people who had accounts there. The name of the bank was mentioned, of which the man was a client.

According to Commissioner Ewelina Radomyska, spokeswoman for the Siedlce Police, a similar phone call was previously received by a friend of the 68-year-old who said that “movements were about to be made” on his account. To protect his money, he wanted to transfer it to his friend's account, which he agreed to. The policewoman added that during a conversation with an alleged “internet crime protection employee”, he learned that his account, like that of his friend, was also infected and his interlocutor would try to generate two bank accounts, for him and his friend, which would be safe until the time their old bank accounts were closed.

SEE: He wanted to have his own corner in Albania. He transferred over PLN 200,000 and he has no apartment.

Initially, the man was supposed to transfer PLN 20,000, but the bank blocked his account and the transfer was not completed. The caller said he would call him once he had completed “the process of generating new accounts.” – After a few days, the same man called again, this time from a restricted number, and gave the senior already “generated” secure bank account numbers. The 68-year-old went to the bank and withdrew the collected funds, and then made a payment of nearly PLN 50,000 to one of the indicated accounts and PLN 12,000 to the other. Additionally, he made a payment of PLN 16,000 using quick payment codes, the policewoman calculated.

SEE: He paid PLN 100,000 and was supposed to transfer PLN 1.5 million. They stopped him at the last minute.

When the injured party paid all the money, the caller hung up and never called again. In this way, the man lost nearly PLN 78,000.

The police appeal for prudence and caution. – The very name of the position “internet crime protection employee” gives a lot to think about and should raise a red flag in your head. The devil is in the details and here it can be said that the fraudster himself introduced himself as a fraud, the policewoman noted.