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The 64-year-old had met a “US soldier” supposedly stationed in Syria online and transferred tens of thousands of euros to send a suitcase with money and documents, the state police headquarters announced on Saturday. The 51-year-old from the Spittal district paid 1,500 euros to “verify” his account.
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The woman from Klagenfurt met an alleged American soldier on a social media platform in October 2023. He stated that he was on a foreign mission in Syria. As a result of the lively online contact, the woman was asked by him to accept a suitcase he had sent with important documents and cash. The reason: the luggage is not safe in the US camp.
Suitcase never arrived
The woman was then contacted by a supposed delivery company and asked to transfer money. Over the course of the months, she paid again and again because the suitcase supposedly had to go through several paying stations. Transfers were made to various foreign, but also Austrian, accounts. In total, the Klagenfurt native paid tens of thousands of euros between October 2023 and February 2024. The suitcase in question never arrived and the woman finally reported the matter.
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Fraud on sales platform
The 51-year-old from the Spittal an der Drau district was contacted on Thursday by an unknown person on an Internet sales platform after he had advertised there. The supposed prospective buyer sent the man a link. This led to a fake website that looked confusingly similar to the actual sales platform. There he was asked to confirm the sale and enter his bank details.
After doing this, the man received a request via his online banking app to approve a transfer of 1,500 euros. In a statement on the fake sales page, he was led to believe that the transfer was only necessary to verify his account and that the money would be transferred back after the transaction was completed. Only later did the Carinthian realize that it was obviously a scam.
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