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He pretended to have found gold in his area of operation in Syria and to share it with her “unselfishly”. The treasure was to be brought to Austria via a “diplomatic package”. In order to cover the transport and storage costs, the woman transferred the money in four tranches.
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In the course of these transfers, the Salzburg woman was informed by both her bank and the Nordheim-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office that she had probably fallen victim to fraudsters, due to the German accounts used and a suspicion of money laundering, as the Salzburg State Police Directorate informed on Tuesday. However, the woman had been warned about this by the wrong officer. She confirmed in a letter he sent that the transfers were correct and that the money would be used for humanitarian purposes.
House bank convinced pensioner
Therefore, the money was released for transaction, even though it could still have been secured at that point. Since the supposedly involved “diplomat” would have incurred costs of just over 35,000 euros due to various expenses associated with the transfer of the “gold treasure”, the 71-year-old also collected the last of her savings and tried to hand over the money at the end of January 2024 man to transfer.
However, the house bank was able to stop this transfer and convince the woman to report it to the police. The accounts used were blocked immediately after the report. The investigation into the unknown perpetrators is ongoing.
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