The Police Administration (PU) of Celje announced that they have once again dealt with two online frauds in which strangers harmed two citizens for a total of more than 40,000 euros.
Yesterday, an injured party who became a victim of an online scam came forward at the Šmarje pri Jelšah Police Station. On June 27, strangers called him several times and sent him an email in which he opened a link to the MEET application.
After opening the connection, he received several suspicious calls from different phone numbers, so he immediately blocked his transaction account through the call center. Despite this, when he visited the bank yesterday, he realized that unknown perpetrators had already stolen 33,600 euros from his account, the police wrote in a press release.
They also drew attention to an online scam in which a stranger convinced the victim from the Mozir area that she had a profit of nine thousand euros in the company Covertrade (Sončna elektrarna fund).
Since the lady had really invested money there in the past, and the caller knew her information, she believed him. Under the pretext of paying, she installed an application on her phone HopToDesk. With this, she gave fraudsters remote access to the online bank, and they stole 12,970 euros from her in three transactions. She was only alerted to the suspicious transfers by OTP Bank.
Police officers recommend citizens to be careful when calling from unknown numbers. Above all, they are warned not to share personal data.
