For several weeks, the police have received reports of phone scams, where scammers ask victims to take all the money in their bank account as cash to a parcel machine, post office or hand it over to a courier.
The scheme is such that the caller, who mostly speaks only Russian, claims to be a broker, bank employee, police officer, employee of a mobile communications company or even Smart-ID user support and informs that there are suspicious transactions taking place on the customer’s bank account, a loan has been taken out in his name or someone else has access to the account accessed. You may also be asked to participate in an undercover operation to catch untrustworthy employees, or, for example, the contract with the mobile operator is regarding to expire and it is necessary to renew it, otherwise the phone number can no longer be used.
As a result of skillful manipulation, the victim is willing to use the money in his account, take out a larger loan, even sell his property in order to transfer the withdrawn cash to a courier or take it to a parcel machine.
The police or any authority, the company does not ask people to take cash to parcel machines. There are also no secret operations in Estonia to detain unreliable employees. If you receive a call that tries to obtain personal information, asks to confirm transactions with PIN codes, or tries to involve an undercover operation – hang up on the call immediately!
If you have fallen victim to a scam, report it to the police or write to your local online police.
2024-04-19 08:38:35
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