Fake Sparkasse employees have gained access to the account details of a young woman from Hanau. (Symbolic photo) © Franziska Gabbert/dpa-tmn/Symbolic image
Fake Sparkasse employees gained access to the account details of a young woman from Hanau. They convinced the 27-year-old to change her Push-TAN and authorize a transfer to the fraudsters’ account.
Hanau – A 27-year-old woman from Hanau fell victim to fraudsters on Tuesday morning (September 3) at around 11:30 a.m. According to the police, the perpetrators obtained the young woman’s data in an unknown manner. She was asked to change her push TAN via an SMS link.
Fraudsters trick 27-year-old into authorizing a transfer
She was then contacted by a male voice over the phone. The caller claimed to be an employee of the Sparkasse. “Under the pretext that there were unusual transactions on her account, the victim was guided step by step through the Sparkasse’s push-TAN application,” said the officials.
The fraudster managed to convince the 27-year-old to authorize a real-time transfer to his account. The police did not provide any information on the amount of damage caused.
In a similar case, a woman from Gersfeld recently had a high four-figure sum debited from her account. In this context, the Fulda police warned people to be cautious.
