Attention from fraudsters: New mesh threatens customers in Lower Austria!
Attention from fraudsters: New mesh threatens customers in Lower Austria!
St. Pölten, Österreich - An alarming new fraud sphenomen currently employs the state police in Lower Austria. The perpetrators spoke out as an employee of renowned online shipping dealers or financial service providers and contact their victims on the phone. They claim that the customer accounts have been hacked and require the “protective measure” that the victims install a remote desktop program on their smartphones or computers. In many cases, this stitch leads to considerable financial damage, such as reported.
As soon as the fraud gains access to the devices, they call for the unsuspecting users to transmit an ID document and a webcam recording for the alleged "verification". The criminals use this information to create a crypto account on the victim's name. In a final step, they transfer high amounts of money in cryptocurrencies and then break off the contact. This leads to enormous financial losses among the victims, since the perpetrators often remain anonymous, since their identity and IP address remain hidden by the remote access, as the State Criminal Police Office in Lower Austria shows.
rising number of cases
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