Overview
- An 84-year-old in Memmingen lost more than €183,000 after a €250 starter payment was followed by claims of a fabricated €67,000 return.
- The Memmingen perpetrator obtained remote access to the victim’s computer during calls and executed multiple transfers, according to police.
- In Osttirol, a 59-year-old clicked an online advertisement in August and was steered into repeated payments totaling nearly €100,000.
- The Austrian victim was contacted multiple times by a supposed advisor and was directed to send funds to several foreign bank accounts.
- Investigations in both jurisdictions are ongoing, and police reiterate warnings to distrust outsized returns, refuse remote access, and never share passwords or PINs.