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Reader Julija contacted the news portal tv3.lt, who shared her experiences and those of her colleagues and sent an audio recording in which the scammer tried unsuccessfully to deceive her coworker.
“Recently, phone scammers have targeted Lithuanian residents. They did not bypass me or many colleagues. We were able to record one of the excerpts of the conversation on a dictaphone, so if that protects against possible financial loss, I invite you to share it.
The conversation traditionally began with the interviewer introducing himself as a bank employee, in our case Swedbank (he even knew my colleague’s name) and saying that someone was trying to make an unauthorized payment from his account.
The person was asked for personal data, trying to extract information about how much money he had in the account. The scammers deliberately took logical pauses, arguing that they were checking financial data, connecting the interlocutor with different departments.
A colleague deliberately misled them and gave them wrong information. She later offered to go to the bank branch herself, but was told on the back of the phone that the banks would not accept her now as the service was by appointment only.
As for having to communicate with other acquaintances, the same people used to talk to them, so if possible, you can take note of their voices and not fall into the traps of the scammers ”, said the woman about the conversation with the scammer .
Dozens of calls a day
Oleg Bikbajev, Head of the 2nd Division of the Criminal Police Property Crimes Investigation Board of the Vilnius County Police Chief’s Station, told tv3.lt that only in the Vilnius region, there are around 70 reports per day reporting fraudulent calls.
Most of them (around 50-60) are informational in nature. People report calling them suspicious people. They realized it was a scam, so they reported it to the police. However, some of the calls are from already affected individuals who have lost multiple sums of money.
Since July 9 this year alone, 850 reports have been received about scammers who tried to deceive Lithuanians living in Vilnius County. The largest amount of money ever loaned to an individual is 20,465 euros.
“This type of fraud has started to spread strongly in the Vilnius region since June 14. But isolated cases have already started to be registered since May. Here I am talking about the Vilnius region. We assume that there is more than one group. Scammers Working in a team.
An affected woman approached me personally. When she was questioned for the first time, the woman said that she had done nothing, only received a call and somehow invisibly the money left her account. But then he remembered dictating his personal code, other details.
You want to emphasize that simply picking up the phone will not withdraw money from your account. But scammers cleverly manipulate people and reveal personal login details. When a person is told that something is wrong with their money, transfers, sometimes logical thinking is blocked, ”said O. Bikbajev.
A police spokesman said this type of fraud was not a particular innovation: “We had a wave of fraud many years ago when people were being called by people in prisons. A year ago, we dealt with such cases, we found a way to combat such scams.
Everyone remembers those “Alio, Mom” calls. When a person is said to have been involved in an accident, there is an urgent need for money to avoid liability. Then the accomplices of freedom came and successfully took that money.
In this case, you receive a call from a scammer who often impersonates a Swedbank employee. Both women and men call, they all speak Russian. And then the manipulation of man begins. Maybe you can dictate your personal code, login details, etc. “
Mr. Bikbayev added that the age of the victims varied. It is not just the elderly who suffer.
“If the conversation starts in Russian, stop it without getting into the discussion. No one from the bank will call you or introduce yourself in a language other than the state language. When there really is a problem with financial transactions, the bank representatives will invite you to visit them. at the branch.
It should be noted that people are not just fooled by phone calls. They receive SMS messages asking them to confirm the order of the products ordered. Although the man did not buy anything. But they have a request to confirm and they instinctively do it, “added O. Bikbajev.
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