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Patras: He went to rent a house and fell victim to fraud

Patras: He went to rent a house and fell victim to fraud

Frauds against unsuspecting citizens of Patras look like a “bottomless well”Which are recorded in the police accident report on an almost daily basis.

The “masks” of sophistry vary. They present themselves as doctors, lawyers, accountants and civil servants with a purpose To intercept the personal and banking data of potential victims and then steal large sums of money from bank accounts.

Usual approach tactics It is tax refunds, using AADE as “bait”, refunding money to the alleged beneficiaries of the pass, injuring relatives in a “monkey” traffic accident, buying and selling vehicles and things online, etc.

Most recent incident The case of a man who, as reported to police officers of the Patras Security Directorate, He was deceived by a foreigner who presented himself as a landlordWho wanted to rent it.

According to information received from the Peloponnesos newspaper, the man who was looking for housing in the city of Patras, I entered a famous real estate advertisement website. There he found the house that met the requirements and called the phone number listed in the online ad. After speaking to an Italian woman, who appeared to him as the landlord, he then received an email about the rental procedures. The woman asked him to provide €800 up front so the agreement could be completed. So it happened. The man deposited the money in a bank account at the foreigner’s suggestion and waited for further communication with her. But in vain, as traces of it have since disappeared!

Meanwhile, 50 years Who was arrested in New Philadelphia on charges of defrauding store owners with prepaid cards, as it emerged from the police investigation, had “beat up” Patras and Agrinho.

The perpetrator contacted the owners and employees of stores that sell prepaid cards and pretended to be an employee of the company in question that manages the cards in question. Under the pretext of solving a technical problem, he extracted codes from the cards for sale, benefiting from the amount of money on the cards.

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