Slovenian company victim of online fraudsters! They were robbed of 700,000 euros

Using social engineering methods and false online representations of the actual situation, unknown perpetrators convinced the person in charge of a company from Celje that they were acting on behalf of a Slovenian commercial bank. They stole 700,000 euros from the bank account.

Based on misleading communication, the victim provided them with access information to the company's online bank account...

After an e-mail from the boss with a corresponding payment request, a 36-year-old transferred a five-digit amount abroad. However, the e-mail was fake. A 48-year-old Innsbrucker did not fare much better. On 1 April, a 48-year-old Innsbrucker reported to the police that she had been the victim of an Internet fraud. The woman believed that she had received a package from an internet acquaintance from the UK and was seduced by a currently unknown p…

Using social engineering methods and false online representations, unknown perpetrators convinced a responsible person of a company from Celje that they were acting on behalf of a Slovenian commercial bank. On this basis, the person provided them with access data to the company's bank account, from which they then stole more than 700,000 euros.

Tanja from Markgröningen is proud owner of a small café. When she falls for a fraudulent phishing email, she threatens to lose everything.

A 36-year-old from the district of Innsbruck-Land lost more than 10,000 euros in an Internet fraud. The woman received an e-mail on Monday from a fraudster, who pretended to be her boss. In it was a payment request in the amount of a five-digit euro amount.