Posted on July 26, 2024 at 9:34 PM / ©Montage: Canva
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A resident of Carinthia has fallen victim to scammers in the past few days.
Spittal an der Drau area
A resident of Carinthia has fallen victim to scammers in the past few days.
A 62-year-old man from Carinthia fell victim to scammers. They gained remote access to his computer and then transferred several thousand euros to foreign accounts.
So far, unknown individuals have telephoned a 62-year-old man from Spittal between July 22 and 24. They faked a payment of supposedly frozen Bitcoin profits, but the victim first had to transfer a deposit of 1.5 percent of the payment amount. To do this, the 62-year-old gave the perpetrators remote access to his computer. Finally, the unknown individuals made two transfers of several thousand euros to foreign accounts, according to the police report.

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