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The 66-year-old from the Gmunden district allowed a supposed “Dutch woman” to trick him into having a great love and, according to the police, transferred a total of 115,000 euros in 33 installments.
The pensioner filed a complaint last Thursday. The money flowed to nine different accounts abroad. The chances of recovering the amounts are slim, because generally these are gangs that are abroad. The police did not want to give more details for reasons of protection to the victims.
The case is very reminiscent of the one that became known in the Steyr-Land district at the end of January. A 50-year-old man was in online contact with an alleged French woman who wrote him love vows and also told him she wanted to move to Austria. But sadly, he has “financial difficulties”. The 50-year-old made 31 transfers, a total of more than 30,000 euros. German money laundering investigators started the case when they came across the accounts and transfers from Upper Austria.
New scam in Vienna
The Viennese police have reported a completely new scam. The perpetrators, operating under the name “Sara”, buy computers and televisions on online platforms such as willhaben.at and pay the purchase price of exactly 1,560 euros.
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For the transfer, “Sara” asks the seller to provide the account details. At the same time, scammers are offering online rental apartments that don’t even exist in reality. The deposit, exactly 1560 euros, must be transferred to the Willhaben seller’s account. For “speedy processing without purpose”, as requested by the perpetrators.
The scammers then collect the seller’s assets online, and potential tenants lose their deposit for an apartment that doesn’t exist. Police advise viewing rental properties before paying and not making unsolicited transfers.
