In 2023, more people than before were exposed to fraud. This shows a safety survey from the Crime Prevention Council (Brå). This year, the trend seems to be reversing, and this year’s figures are at a slightly lower level than in 2023.
Crime preventer Lotta Mauritzson at the National Fraud Center says, however, that the police are far from satisfied. The criminal profits from telephone fraud alone were measured at SEK 30 million during the month of September 2024.
– It is still a very high figure that we are not satisfied with. Here, even more work is needed to reduce crime profits and reports, she said in an earlier interview with News24.
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Warnings for fraudsters have continued, however, and recently the comparison service Lendo, the Postcode Lottery and the payment service Klarna have, among other things.
– The modus operandi is roughly as follows when the person answers: “Hello, I’m calling from the Postcode Lottery and just want to tell you the happy news that you won 37,000 kroner (the amount can vary by a few thousand notes) in Grannyran. Aren’t you happy? And soon it Christmas – what are you going to do with the money?”, said Roger Magnergårdpress spokesperson at Postkodlotteriet, in a previous interview with Nyheter24.
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Police warning: Scammers posing as doctors
Now it is the police themselves who call for vigilance. It is the police in Norrbotten that have received an unusually large number of reports regarding fraudsters who have used the same approach.
Those who reported have stated that they have been called by a person who claims to be from the care service. Often they pretend to be doctors and say they need help booking or rescheduling an appointment. To be able to do this, they ask the person who is called to identify themselves with BankID.
The fraudsters have claimed to be calling from the health center or Sunderby Hospital.
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Lost 36,000 kroner in a fraud
“The fraudsters seem to target elderly people,” the police write on their website.
In total, there are six notifications. One of the reporting parties also lost SEK 36,000 in the fraud. Another had a transfer of SEK 40,000 stopped by his bank.
The police finish the message by sharing three tips that you can adopt to avoid being scammed by fraudsters.
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