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Fraudsters collect the necessary information on company websites and social networks, especially LinkedIn. They know exactly who they say they are and who to contact. In this context, employees in the financial services industry are particularly targeted because “due to their function they are in a position to carry out money transfers,” according to the police press release.
Ongoing investigations
The fraudsters then contact this person by email or telephone and pretend to be the boss of the company. They demand that he transfer a large sum of money and claim, for example, the confidential takeover of a company or the opening of a new bank account. They insist that the payment remains secret and is made as quickly as possible.
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The police strongly recommend that everyone verify verbally with the manager whether the request for a transaction really came from him and immediately become suspicious if it is described as secret. Because “once the payment has been made, it is usually no longer possible to recover the money, which is immediately allocated to other accounts”.
“Several investigations are already underway,” emphasizes the spokesman.
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