Several incidents in the Upper Palatinate: Police warn against relatives trick via WhatsApp
Created: 03/17/2022, 16:03
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The police warn of scammers who use the relatives trick via messenger services.
There were several reports in the Neustadt ad Waldnaab district.
District of Neustadt ad Waldnaab – The Eschenbach id Oberpfalz police warns of the so-called “relative trick” via messenger services.
According to a statement, scammers use not only phone calls for their crimes, but also services like WhatsApp.
Alleged children or grandchildren with an unknown number report via a text message that they need immediate financial support.
In the past few days, several ads have also been placed in the district of Neustadt ad Waldnaab in which scammers have contacted their victims via messenger services.
In doing so, they often trick the recipients into believing that there is a traffic accident with consequences under civil or criminal law, which can only be avoided by paying immediately.
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The fact that the relatives used a new phone number for the text message, which the victim had not previously known, is usually explained conclusively.
The previous phone was damaged in an accident, lost or otherwise inaccessible.
The fraudsters often get large sums of money through the scam.
In one case, a victim paid several thousand euros into an account.
The 55-year-old had received a message from his supposed "daughter" asking her "parents" to pay a hefty bill.
The police were not informed until another bill had to be paid.
In another case, a 72-year-old victim received a text message from an unknown number.
The person who wrote the message also claimed to be her daughter.
Here, too, was asked to settle a bill.
The victim then contacted his daughter directly and became aware of the fraud.
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Neustadt ad Waldnaab: Police warn of fraud via messenger service
The Eschenbach id Oberpfalz police are entrusted with the two cases and advise citizens to ask personally if they are contacted by an unknown cell phone number via messenger services and to be suspicious if they are confronted with money claims via WhatsApp and Co.
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It is not advisable to save unknown phone numbers as a contact without further ado.
If you have any suspicions, it is always advisable to contact the police first.
If you have already made a transfer, inform your bank about the incident and file a complaint.
In addition, the police asks not to delete chat histories.
More information at: https://www.sicher-im-netz.de/polizei-warnt-vor-neuer-whatsapp-betrugsmasche.