Fraudsters lead a “stormy” life, inventing more and more types of deceptions of ordinary citizens. In a couple of hours alone in Crete, two people became victims of scammers, having lost 2000 euros.
How tells Cretapost, first a 27-year-old woman said that an unknown criminal deceived her under the pretext of renting a house In Athens. Talking with him on the phone, the woman hastened to translate him 1400 euros as a “initial contribution”.
But… Immediately after sending the money, the alleged owner of the house disappeared. The girl realized that she was deceived, and informed the incident to law enforcement agencies.
In the second case, a 40-year-old man complained that in February his friend asked to help with money through the Facebook Messenger application, referring to an urgent need. Wanting to help him The man immediately laid 680 euros on a friend's bank account.
However, time passed, but there was no news from him. Having called a friend, the deceived man found out that someone He hacked his profileand the message was not sent to them.
As usual, the victims of fraudsters are most often becoming overly trusting people. Do not rush to part with money – Verification call It will take only a few minutes that can help avoid annoying and, as a rule, large loss.
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