The man transferred the money into an escrow account. When further financial demands from the alleged seller arrived, the Carinthian recognized the fraud and called the police, the Carinthian State Police Directorate said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the man from Villach became aware of a used motorhome via an online exchange that was being offered for sale there for several tens of thousands of euros. He contacted the seller, who supposedly lived in Sweden, via email. They agreed that the amount of money should be transferred to a trust account of a German logistics company, which the 80-year-old then did.
Bill for several thousand euros
But when he received another bill for several thousand euros for the insurance of the transport of the motorhome from Germany, he filed a report. The police said further investigations were necessary and would be carried out by the criminal investigation service of the Villach city police command.
