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Exclusive: The epidemic of identity theft is also affecting senior officials

Yossi Ben-Shalom, managing partner at the DSBI holding company and chairman of the Radar radar company, fell victim to identity theft, and launched a manhunt for his impostor, who works to fraudulently extort money from apartment owners around the country.

Yossi Ben Shalom: "This is a serial identity thief, and I hope that the police will get their hands on this person soon"

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Tuesday, 07 September 2021, 07:43 Updated: 08:07

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The chairman of the radar company Rada, which is dual traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange alongside trading on the Nasdaq US Stock Exchange, and co-manager of the billion-dollar DSBI holding company, Yossi Ben-Shalom, never thought his name would flash on the radar. The State of Israel, after recently discovering that it had fallen victim to identity theft, and that it is used by the thief to defraud apartment owners around the country.

"The person impersonating me simply copied my picture, my name, and my role as a managing partner in the DSBI fund," Ben Shalom tells Walla Money, "and illegally uses the details to defraud innocent landlords. Unfortunately, some of them also fell victim to the scams." ".

Identity theft occurs when a person steals or appropriates information and data concerning another person, such as his name, photo, social security number. His, credit card number, residential address, place of work, phone number and more. In an age where we share almost everything online,This makes the job of imposters particularly easy.

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Yossi Ben Shalom.

Decided to impersonate an apartment owner, in order to catch the crook (Photo: official website, RADA)

Aid of a few thousand dollars "on the bill"

A number of correspondences between the impostor and the landlords that came to 'Walla Money!', Teaches the method of fraud; The impostor addresses the landlords from a non-Israeli phone number like Yossi Ben Shalom, in favor of renting an apartment advertised on the websites.

He is willing to commit to a long-term lease, giving up the need to see the apartment before renting it. After a summary of her tenancy, the impostor sends a photo documenting, so to speak, the transfer of funds to the landlord's bank account.

When the landlord indicates that the money has not yet passed, according to him impostor, that money is due to come "within a day or two" and that the transit time is due to the transition of money from his bank account abroad and that of the landlord in Israel.

In the time it turns Pretender again To the same landlord and asks him to help him with a few thousand dollars on account of the money he has already sent to the landlord for the rent, and some are tempted and send.

Method: Presenting "proof" that the money has passed - and requesting short-term assistance in cash (Photo: ShutterStock)

Most of the targets for fraud were not harmed

"Most of those who approached me for clarification after being approached by the impostor were not harmed by this act of fraud," says Ben Shalom, "but there are two who did. "A sum of a few thousand dollars, as opposed to the amount he allegedly transferred to them for renting the apartment from them, which stands at a few tens of thousands of dollars."

Ben Shalom immediately acted and filed a complaint with the police, but since then the number of people who have approached him about the matter has only increased, so he decided to impersonate the landlord himself, and try to make direct contact with the impostor.

During the correspondence between them, the impostor introduced himself as "Yossi Ben Shalom from the owner of DBSI, who is interested in renting your apartment for business partners who come as a new immigrant from Argentina with his wife and a 9-year-old little girl."

He then referred Ben Shalom to the internet and advised him "to take a look at the internet that will get to know me a little better. I connected to close interest and close payment." When asked when he would like to come and see the apartment, the impostor replied: "We do not need to see the apartment", and that "for me it is possible to close an interest and close a payment now".

The impostor also used the names of well-known names in favor of registering the landlords, and wrote that "I am in serious business in the Netherlands this week with Eli Papushdo. By bank transfer from my private account. "

He explained the payment by saying that "I must also sign the lease because the bank in Israel will demand it unequivocally that whoever pays must have signed the contract. For me now we will close everything. That's right. Next week I will meet you. If so call me "From here in the Westap, please and we will conclude to share everything, and we will close an interest. I am the one who pays you all the costs for two years in advance plus a financial guarantee."

Identity theft has become a plague that brings down many victims (Photo: ShutterStock)

It has also happened to Michael Zalkind and Legal Damari

Ben Shalom, for his part, tried to get as many identifying details as possible about the impostor, and clicked to get an ID number, the last name that comes to live in the apartment, and another phone number in which he can be contacted.

But the impostor evaded.

Finally gave the last address of residence of a peace itself, and an email address bearing the name of Ben Shalom and conducted the service, proton Mail, Swiss, encrypted end to end.

"We keep getting calls regarding day-today level" says Ben Shalom "and began to turn All to the police.

His method of operation is similar to the impersonation that has been done in the past for Mickey Zalkind and Legal Damari, and I hope the police will get their hands on this man, who is a serial identity thief, who turns innocent civilians into victims.

Until a hand reaches it, we must all be aware of the dangers, maintain our identity, and be guarded by careful scrutiny. "

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