Vienna: the unknown offender has already captured 350,000 euros through the "filing node"

Since June 20, 2018 fraudulent intention made many calls to seniors to get them to hand over money or valuables.In all cases, an unknown violator claimed to be a police officer and told the victims that a member of their family had caused a traffic accident involving injuries and that a surety had to be paid.It can be badumed that all the calls were made by the same author because of the similar mode.While he remained in more than 50 cases in the fraud attempt (people have finished the call or have not responded to a request), could already be cheated a total of if x people and handed over to a sender sent by the courier some large sums of money. The total damage caused by what is called the "filing node" raises to a total of 350,000 euros. The National Criminal Police Office in Vienna is investigating unknown perpetrators. The Vienna police are asking the public to observe the following preventive measures and possibly in danger, especially the elderly in relatives and acquaintances to report these frauds or to inform them on the course of action to follow!

Phone calls for which you must pay in cash immediately. Do not undertake any discussion and tell the other party that you will not respond to any claim / offer.

If in doubt, always have your identity cards issued, even by police officers.

If parents come into play contact them to check the authenticity of an alleged incident.

Do not leave anyone in your house or apartment you do not know. Use the intercom to communicate with you or use the security chain or lock

In case of fraud, all information about the offender is particularly important: appearance note, clothing, language, license plates Registration, car painting, etc.

Report immediately to the nearest police station

Source: LPD Vienna