Scammers have a new target: there was no such case yet

Scammers already leave Lithuanians not only without money but without home. A Panevezys woman got into this situation.

« She agreed to sell her apartment. The woman was told that the sale would be fictitious after the money she received, the woman would be refunded and the apartment would remain, but the sale was real and the sales contract was signed, » said Odeta Jukniūtė, a spokeswoman for Panevezys.

The contract was signed neatly – a notary.

« The apartment was sold for € 32,000. Because it was a fictitious sale, the woman may not have much wondering what the price of the apartment should sell for. She sold for € 32,000.

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In total, the woman lost 46 thousand. euros.

Panevezys wonder how scammers succeeded that people obey and even sell their homes when the scammers are so obedient.

« Here’s a disaster, a very big disaster for people, » said the local resident.

« I can’t imagine what people can be chion« Said the local resident.

Police teach chronology. The first call – the Russian -speaking self -proclaimed spokesman for a telecommunications company and first raped personal data.

« After a few hours, she called saying that it had to be checked from the bank. She did not realize that it was a scam and WhatsApp gadget showed all the money at home – about 14,000. euros. Shortly after, they asked for the money to be given to the arriving driver, allegedly money was fake and needed to check, ”said O. Jukniūtė.

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And then he called again – asked for help, explaining who gave her fake money. He even persuaded the apartment to sell, and to give money for the apartment, but with the guarantee that he would suppose he would return.

« The woman was 79 years old. Everything happened in about a week, but she was told that the money would be recovered by the woman on March 31 until that day.

« It’s bad that it happens, and how to defend, I can’t imagine. Maybe she’s a single grandmother, » the local resident considered.

The relatives are – and that the fishing rod on the seniors was already thrown – they knew and warned.

« The relative informed and warned that these were probably scam and that they would not speak.

Panevezys and a pity seniors, but at the same time are angry.

« I haven’t drove the roof yet, I’m still full of mind, » the resident said.

Who bought the apartment? Perhaps it will be a joke to the police to unravel the crime. According to the police, a buyer was packed in the scheme.

« The purchase transaction was legal as I or you would sell an apartment, » said O. Jukniūtė.

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Panevezys officials say that there was no such case to this day in the county.

« Such frauds are heard in Vilnius, but the first case in Panevezys, » explained O. Jukniūtė.

« We have seen a new fraud in the last two weeks – citizens call and present themselves in Dmitry Milor that he is a official, speaks Russian or Lithuanian with a Russian accent, » said Ramūnas Matonis, a spokesman for the Police Department.

Calls a mobile, then moves to WhatsApp gadget.

Whatsapp has a police uniform in a call, supposedly as evidence that he is an officer. And convinces people that they need to take off the money kept in a bank or other financial institutions or even sell and transfer real estate and transfer it to it, « Matonis said.

A 66 -year -old Vilnius resident did not lose the apartment.

« Yes, the last cases have been referred to real estate. There have been 2 cases lately. Their initial goal is not directed at real estate, but when they see you can manipulate, they continue to communicate and go to the end, » said Oleg Bikbayev, Chief of the Vilnius County Criminal Police.

In recent days, the police have been capturing impressive amounts.

Of the 76-year-old Vilnius scams, as many as 163,000 were absorbed in almost three months. euros. It is one of the largest amounts in the capital this year.