Police officers from the Faculty for the fight against the economical crime of the municipal command in Wrocław, based on findings and operational work, detained a 28-year-old fishy for a number of frauds. Officers have established that the frauds who worked with him obtained data for BLIC payment.
Criminals obtained fast payment codes by impersonating contracting items on known purchasing sites or hacking into social networking users' accounts claiming to be their friends or household members. Based on surveillance footage from the ATMs, officers have proven to a 28-year-old so far 8 specified acts. A man has already been brought before a court that has ruled that he should be given a preventive measurement in the form of 3 months in prison, and that he may be sentenced to 8 years in prison for his criminal activity.
A man standing at 1 of the Wrocław streets holding a telephone in his hands.
Parked at 1 of the Wrocław passenger vehicles of Renault Kadjar.
A image of a man taking cash from an ATM.
Police officers from Wroclaw City Command have repeatedly called for that especially in contacts via the net not to trust another people due to the fact that we never know who is sitting on the another side of the monitor. In spite of these warnings, the police proceed to study to persons who have been misled to deprive them of their financial resources. There are many methods utilized by criminals to gain access to, among others, data to log into online banking or BLIC codes. Cheaters, for example, by breaking into private accounts on social networks and impersonating friends or household members compose to people on the contact list asking for BLIC codes and later, thanks to the information they get, they pay money from ATMs.
Cheaters bargain the data of their victims utilizing besides popular websites for online shopping. erstwhile they find and choice circumstantial announcements, they contact the victim in order to allegedly transfer her payment for the goods. Nothing unwitting persons click on the links sent to them to make online payments, by which they download data to log in, and then usage it to hack into the bank's website where the user maintains an account. Thanks to the data obtained to BLIC, money goes consecutive to the hands of fraudsters.
A 28-year-old citizen of Ukraine, he was detained by police officers from the Faculty of 2 with the Commercial Crime of the Municipal Police office in Wrocław in the act of paying money on the basis of stolen BLIK codes from the ATM at ul. National Unity. During the operations, the officers revealed close to 9 1000 zlotys in cash to the man, and the funds came from payments made by him from ATMs located in Wrocław.
The case is developmental due to the fact that the 28-year-old detained is 1 of the people involved. The court decision against a man has already taken a preventive measurement in the form of 3 months’ detention.
Officers one more time appeal not to share their data with strangers. erstwhile buying online, usage only proven and known sales platforms. erstwhile we receive the link sent by the buyer or by the seller, let us stay vigilant and under no circumstances click on it. Let us besides remember that all purchases and another activities are carried out by the portal without involving users and only from there come payment notifications.
Daniel Głogowski
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