The police have once again issued a sharp warning to the public. Once again, fraudsters are trying to get hold of large sums of money from unsuspecting individuals.
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The police: She was cheated of SEK 100,000 by fraudsters
On Thursday, November 8, the authority shared the warning on its website. During the evening, they had learned that a fraud had been carried out against an elderly woman in Mullsjö.
The woman is said to have first been called by someone who pretended to be a representative from a telephone company. After that, the person on the other end of the phone is said to have said that the woman needed to make some type of payment and then SEK 100,000 is said to have disappeared from her account.
“Police have been on site and questioned the affected woman and have since drawn up a report of fraud”, they write.
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In 2023, criminal profits for fraud increased by as much as 22 percent compared to the year before. The total criminal profits landed at SEK 7.5 billion.
According to the police, the profits are reinvested in new criminal schemes such as drugs and weapons.
Profits of Crime 2023 by Fraud Type:
Source: The police
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Police sharp fraud warning: “Don’t trust people”
The warning they want to address to the Swedish people is based on cases where you are contacted by a person in a similar way to the woman in Mullsjö. You should end the call immediately if you cannot identify who the caller is, or if you feel the least bit insecure and stressed.
“Don’t trust people who call, even if they seem credible and have personal information about you. Never identify yourself with BankID over the phone and do not give out sensitive codes or card details either. Serious actors don’t work that way. Contact the police immediately if you or someone close to you has been exposed or contacted in this way,” the police conclude by writing on their own the website.
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