He was an IT employee at her house bank and wanted to transfer illegal transfers back to her account: With this trick, a brazen fraudster got the 72-year-old to install a program on her computer and log into her online banking account on Friday afternoon.
This is how the man gained access to the computer and ultimately to the senior citizen’s account. He began making transfers, and with each of these transfers the woman received a code on her cell phone, which she gave to the fraudster.
The 72-year-old, who lives alone, was deprived of 100,000 euros, the police announced on Saturday. The investigation is ongoing, said Gerald Sakoparnig, head of the fraud department at the Upper Austria State Criminal Police Office, in an interview with OÖNachrichten. “The perpetrators transfer the money abroad and from there further and further until it can no longer be traced.” The investigators are now trying to track down the perpetrator using methods such as call data retrieval. How good the chances are of seeing at least a little of the money back is questionable.
“You have to make it a family issue”
Sakoparnig advises more information and calm when doing business on the Internet: “You have to make it a family issue. The woman was simply not aware of the risks.” His tip: “We have to become more skeptical. If you have business on the Internet, you shouldn’t do it quickly in between, but rather sit down at your computer in peace in the evening. Because one thing is clear: the weak point is not the technology, the weak point is people. “
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Image: Antonio Bayer
Source: Nachrichten
