Šiauliai, who lost a large amount of money, was again misled by scammers, who persuaded them to invest very profitably.

The man was encouraged to invest by a woman who made a phone call earlier this year and introduced herself to the UnixBroker investment company broker.

From the end of January to the beginning of March, Šiauliai made 5 money transfers to the accounts indicated by her. A total of 13,187 EUR. Assistance in financial operations was offered by an “analyst” from the same company. The man allowed him to connect to his computer with the AnyDesk program. With this program, the “helper” gained access to all the data on his computer, was able to monitor the banking operations performed by the man on the computer and perform them himself, Šiauliai County Police reports.

The man was very happy when he found out a month and a half later that his investment had been worth 20 thousand euros and he could collect it in three days. However, three days later, the investor received a phone message that the withdrawal would only be possible once the fees had been paid. And they amounted to 3,000 euros, which had to be transferred to the indicated account. The man already had a suspicion that he would be caught on a scam hook. And when one day he saw that there were only a few euros left in his bank account, he finally realized that he had turned the money over to the scammers and turned to the police.

If a Šiauliai resident had dived on the internet before making money transfers, they would have come across warnings on UnixBroker that it was an unlicensed, unregulated and unauthorized offshore broker, and if they were tricked into doing so, they would not be allowed to withdraw money . cento.

But the promised disproportionate return confuses a person’s sober mind, the fuses of caution disappear and the attempted rush to invest, dreaming of quick and huge profits.

The most cynical thing about stories of this type is that scammers who have attracted a person’s savings do not leave them alone. After some time, the callers, who are believed to be his accomplices, present themselves as recovering the lost investment and offer their services to the victim recovering the lost money. Of course, ask for payment for it. And if a person agrees to pay the alleged recuperators, they lose even more money and do not recoup the lost investment.

The Šiauliai story mentioned in the eyes of Šiauliai County Police Crime Property Investigation Officers is not the first. They have had to deal with a number of cases where people have been caught in an offer by scammers posing as brokers to invest in online platforms where virtually no transactions take place and clients are redirected to fake websites. to embezzle your funds. So for people who are inexperienced in investing but have money, the advice would be one: do not rush into it, first consult live experts in this field, rather than relying on phone and online advisers who are tempted for a disproportionate return on investment. .