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Investigators were able to obtain images in which this scam could be captured.
The officials decided to go to the public for help, asking for help in unmasking the scammer, who was not ashamed to get rich off a woman who believed in him and did not leave him in trouble.
He left the impression of a trusted person.
The scammer, who introduced himself as an entrepreneur, caught the attention of 40-year-old Šiauliai residents when she browsed an online dating site.
The man introduced himself as a businessman who recently returned to Šiauliai after spending many years in the Netherlands.
At the end of January this year, Šiauliai, who met a man who had introduced himself to a migrant who had returned to his homeland through a dating site, first corresponded with him and then began to meet him.
The man, who knew how to leave the impression of being a good and trustworthy man, claimed to be a timber merchant.
He said that he had lived in the Netherlands for a long time, but decided to return to Lithuania due to the strict quarantine and manage the rest of the business in the Netherlands remotely.
The new acquaintance told Šiauliai that he would even consider the advantages of such a decision: as long as he lived in his country, he could even take over the supply of wood to the rest of his company in the Netherlands.
It is true that in search of wood, this “businessman” had to travel around Lithuania often, but as a result, his relationship with a forty-year-old Šiauliai through a dating site did not end.
“Friend” got in trouble
The man had turned to his new acquaintance for help a couple of weeks after the first acquaintance.
The “businessman” consoled himself by leaving a handbag with company documents and bank payment cards in the taxi.
A man who was concerned about this with his friend said that he blocked the lost cards and the banks promised to send other cards.
The “entrepreneur” survived only because these banks are in the Netherlands, so the cards may have to wait a long time.
The “businessman” did not ask his friend for immediate help, as he told him that he would have some money for the “black day”.
10 thousand euros were needed
However, the next day, a scammer who contacted his acquaintance made sure that he needed to urgently send a shipment of wood to the Netherlands and the bank accounts were still blocked.
The “businessman” said that he would turn his head to get 10,000 euros for a few days so that the lucrative contract would not fail.
The man said that he would return the money as soon as his Dutch bank accounts were unblocked again, but said he did not know who to turn to, because after returning to Lithuania after so many years abroad, he did not have such good results. friends who could help him.
Having decided to help a friend in distress, Šiauliai agreed to lend him 10,000 euros for “a few days.”
Borrowed money was not recovered
The woman loaned the money on February 8 to a friend who was in distress and could not take the shipment of wood, whom she had known for only a couple of weeks.
Unfortunately, Šiauliai did not get the borrowed money back after a couple of days or a week.
When asked why he was not repaying the debt, a “friend” of Šiauliai initially claimed that there were technical obstacles: the shipment of wood was supposedly stuck in Poland.
However, time passed and Šiauliai did not get back the borrowed money.
The woman, who had lost her patience, contacted the police on March 3.
The police ask for help.
Officials who launched a pre-trial investigation into the fraud were able to fingerprint the suspect.
This man was captured by video cameras. However, the scammer’s officers captured by video cameras could not identify themselves.
Therefore, it was decided to seek help from the public and to make public the photos of the suspect captured by the video cameras.
Researchers have pinpointed a sign that could help unmask this scammer: the man doesn’t have part of the index finger on his right hand.
After recognizing the man in the photo, people are asked to contact Roberta Stasiukone, a lead investigator conducting a pretrial fraud investigation, by phone (8-700-63714) or write an email message to roberta.stasiukone @ policija.lt.
