TERNI – Deceived by the professional tone of the man who passed himself off as a banking operator of his own credit institution gave him all the current account access codes.
Within a few minutes the woman, a 60-year-old lawyer from Terni saw 5 thousand euros disappear.
A sum that was entirely recovered thanks to the investigative acumen of the operational section for cyber security in Terni. Investigators are now working to try to give a name to the skilled scammer who managed to deceive a person who, also for professional reasons, is also well informed about new deception techniques.
It all started when the sixty-year-old received a message related to some payments to be authorized.
She wasted no time and called the number indicated in the text message, convinced she was speaking to an operator from her bank. The phone was answered by a man from reassuring and convincing tonewho spoke in perfect Italian and without dialect inflections.
The professional provided him with her codes, giving the stranger the possibility of operating on the current account. Within a few minutes, the fake bank operator arranged transfers on behalf of the lawyer for a total of 5 thousand euros.
To avoid attracting attention, the skilled scammer also made payments on behalf of the victim, to “family” current accounts of the Terni professional. A ploy used by the man to hide his tracks and confuse the woman, gaining time and leading away as much as possible from your bank account.
However, the professional from Terni began to have doubts and reported the situation matter to the postal police,
The timeliness of the complaint and the investigative acumen of the staff of the operational section for cyber security in Terni allowed the transfers to be blocked in the bud. The professional thus managed to recover the 5 thousand euros. Among the beneficiaries, postal police investigators will ascertain, there were also local authorities to which the woman had recently made bank transfers.
The complaint was sent to the Perugia prosecutor’s office, responsible for computer crimes that occur in the district, and are now underway intense investigations to trace the perpetrator of the scam.
From the postal police the invitation to always keep your guard up when you receive suspicious text messages or phone calls sent by alleged bank operators or representatives of the police force: «In these cases it is suggested to hang up the phone call and call or go directly to your branch or immediately contact your bank’s toll-free number in order to understand what actually happened.”
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