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Gautingerin victim of Whatsapp scam

2022-04-26T15:41:52.919Z


Gautingerin victim of Whatsapp scam Created: 04/26/2022, 17:29 WhatsApps with fraudulent content are currently doing the rounds. The police are calling for increased vigilance. © afp A woman from Gautingen has become the victim of scammers who use the widely used Whatsapp service - they send messages from alleged relatives in need. Gauting – A woman from Gauting (58) fell victim to a scam via


Gautingerin victim of Whatsapp scam

Created: 04/26/2022, 17:29

WhatsApps with fraudulent content are currently doing the rounds.

The police are calling for increased vigilance.

© afp

A woman from Gautingen has become the victim of scammers who use the widely used Whatsapp service - they send messages from alleged relatives in need.

Gauting

– A woman from Gauting (58) fell victim to a scam via Whatsapp on Monday, to a certain extent it is the written form of the grandchild trick.

The woman transferred more than 3,000 euros, but has little chance of getting the money back, as Gauting's police chief Andreas Ruch explained.

The case: "The woman received a message via WhatsApp at around 10:33 a.m., which at first glance could have come from her daughter, who is currently abroad.

The alleged daughter stated in the message that she had lost her mobile phone and that the number given was her new number.

The message also stated that she was unable to do online banking at the moment, but urgently needed to make two transfers.

In her reply, the 58-year-old from Gautingen said she was willing to make the two transfers.” With that, she had already fallen into the trap.

The alleged daughter had her victim transfer 1467 euros and 1877 euros to a German bank account by real-time transfer.

However, the scammers overdid it, because when they asked the Gautingerin for a third transfer, the 58-year-old became suspicious - she asked for her sister's name as authentication.

Ruch: "When she was no longer answered, the injured person contacted her daughter via her known cell phone number and fell from the clouds after the conversation."

Despite calling the bank - the money should be gone

According to Ruch, she probably won't get her money back.

It is true that she called her bank immediately after discovering the fraud and requested a transfer recall.

However: "The chances of success were described as very low, since there were two so-called real-time transfers."

The scam is fairly new and only appeared a few weeks ago.

The crooks' approach is always similar: They pretend to be their son or daughter and pretend that they have lost their mobile phone or that it is defective - in order to explain the unknown number to those affected.

That's why they ask for referrals.

Ruch calls the scam "perfidious".

The police warn urgently against this new method of fraud.

Three questions can help.

Anyone who receives such a message from an unknown contact on Whatsapp should ask: Is someone pretending to be a relative?

does he want money

Can't call back or send a voice message?

If you say yes three times, you should be careful – you shouldn’t answer and don’t transfer any money.

The police strongly advise talking to relatives about it.

Source: merkur

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