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Bank Scam Crackdown: Police Arrest 43

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A sophisticated €1.14 million operation targeted bank customers in Spain, many over 65, using fake security alerts and a new contactless card fraud technique.

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Those arrested managed to get victims to download fake apps from banks that turned their phones into NFC bridges to send card data to other members of the Leer band.

·Madrid, Spain
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The National Police has ended a network of bank scams that would have defrauded more than 1.14 million euros to more than 130 victims, mainly over 65 years of age. The operation, which has included two records in Madrid and one in Cadiz, has resulted in 43 detainees throughout Spain. The alleged fraudsters pretended to be employees of the anti-fraud departments of different banking entities to get their victims to transfer money or facilitate ac…

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The network contacted women and over 65 years of age via SMS, pressured them to transfer their savings and employed a technique of fraud through NFC

·Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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The Central Financial Fraud Services of the UDEF of the National Police have broken down a complex network that consigned at least 134 bank clients, especially from 65 years on. By supplanting the anti-fraud departments of the entities, they seized about 1.2 million euros. A figure that could be much higher, according to what is revealed from the proceedings that remain pending. More than half of the 43 arrests have been carried out in Madrid, w…

·Madrid, Spain
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The fraud, which affects 134 victims after obtaining sensitive data when sending messages pretending to be from the security services of the banks, exceeds the million euros The National Police is looking in Cadiz for two suspects from a plot that swindled

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Noticias León | Última Hora León, Bierzo y Ponferrada broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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