Overview
- Aly, who described the ordeal in a video posted Monday, says she still does not know if any money is missing.
- The scam began with a text that appeared in her real credit card chat and claimed a €9,431.05–€9,500 payment to crypto firm Kraken S.A., urging her to call if it was not her.
- A caller posing as an American Express IT specialist cited a supposed Polish IP address and pushed a fake “security fund,” which led her to lock online banking and reset her phone, leaving her cut off overnight.
- Her partner recognized the fraud the next morning, and her banks are now checking whether any transfer actually went through.
- Experts describe this as smishing and caller ID spoofing, and the BSI advises hanging up, using official numbers to verify, and never moving money or sharing codes on demand.