Wave of fraud in Carinthia: How to protect yourself from wrong police officers!

Wave of fraud in Carinthia: How to protect yourself from wrong police officers!

Kärnten, Österreich - In Carinthia, attempts at fraud are currently increasing on the phone. Unknown perpetrators spoke out as police officers and claim that relatives were arrested after a traffic accident. To obtain an alleged release, they are demanding a deposit. The police urgently warns against responding to such calls, and recommends that the supposedly affected person contact the supposedly affected person or to choose the police call 133 to check the authenticity of the call as the Gailtal-journal reported.

The scammers' approach is often perfidious. With a highly developed technology, known as Call ID Spoofing, pretend to be a local number to win the trust of your victims, even though you often act from abroad. The fraudsters are often directed against older people and try to make them hand over their savings through skillful conversation. The callers get the victims in fear by telling corrupt bank employees or burgling gangs, and suggests that the money and the valuables are no longer safe, as the police underline. In addition, pressing a civil police officer to bring the money "to safety", reports the Police Advice . .

The police recommend that you put on immediately if you suspect and contact a confidant or emergency call 110. It is also pointed out that the police never ask for money or valuables and that you shouldn't let any strangers into your own apartment. The best protection against these fraudsters remains skeptical and not to be put under pressure.