A 62-year-old resident of Volos, succumbing to the temptation to “get rich for free”, announced the birth of his grandson to the registry office 11 days later in order to receive an allowance of 2,000 euros. According to local website magnesianews.gr, the man returned the money and was sentenced to 45 days in jail with […]
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Skroutz: Serious customer fraud allegations
Well-known e-commerce company Skroutz is facing serious consumer complaints regarding the purchase of products that were not delivered despite having been paid for. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of people in Greece and other countries over the years, Skroutz has found itself in an extremely uncomfortable position as the allegations make it clear that the […]
Apartment scammer: rents out housing, receives an advance and disappears
Greek law enforcement has received more than 20 complaints about an enterprising scammer who rents houses to workers for the season, issues fake keys, and then disappears after receiving the appropriate advance. “Scammers via the Internet, by posting photos of a house (apartment), are baiting naive citizens. Interested in the offer of rent, people meet […]
The florist was the victim of a phone scam
A florist from the island of Skiathos lost 21,258 euros because of a bouquet worth 70 euros. A 42-year-old man who works at his mother’s flower shop received a phone call from an unknown man on March 27 saying he lives outside of Skiathos and wants to send a bouquet. After placing the order, he […]
Suffocating electricity bills
People’s indignation at repeatedly inflated tariffs ΔΕΗ now acts like a tsunami, sweeping society. In a show of coordinated social anesthesia, ΔΕΗ sends bills to citizens in which the amounts claimed very often exceed the pensions and salaries of the people who are called upon to pay the exorbitant surcharge. A situation has arisen where […]
A well-known scam is still running, deceiving old people
Luring money under the pretext of a perfect accident is a familiar scheme of scammers. They use it to deceive the elderly, who are gullible and painfully perceive the tragic news. Two such incidents happened the other day. First, on February 5, the perpetrators called a resident of Drama and reported that her sister had […]
Thessaloniki: phone scammers swindled over 280,000 euros from the elderly
More than 280,000 euros, gold coins and jewelry were fraudulently “extorted” by members of a criminal organization, mostly from elderly people, whom they called under the pretext that their relatives had been in a car accident or needed urgent surgery. The Thessaloniki Police Department investigated numerous cases of deception of unsuspecting citizens that took place […]
Eurobank warns its clients about fraud
Eurobank warns its customers about fake emails and SMS. Messages lead to pages that supposedly belong to banks. However, it is not. Unsuspecting citizens receive fraudulent emails or SMS on behalf of the bank, as the alleged sender. Messages usually say “suspicious activity has been reported from your account or card” or “your account or […]
Fines for those who “tweak” cash registers are getting tougher
The new list of fines and their maximum size is introduced by the amendment of the Ministry of Finance, and concerns cases of detection of “hacked / tweaked” cash registers, lack of accounting books or evasion from filing tax returns. The proposed provision streamlines the amount of fines imposed. The goal is to make the […]