In recent months, several agencies have raised the alarm when fraudsters have taken advantage of their brands and pretended to be them.
In February, for example, the Swedish Tax Agency, in connection with the start of sending out the income tax return for 2023, warned of scam text messages and a few weeks ago Tele2 warned of fake emails.
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The Postcode Lottery has warned of fraudsters
Another business whose brand has been used by fraudsters in recent times is the Postcode Lottery. On several occasions, elderly people have been called by fraudsters who pretend to be from the lottery and who state that a prize is to be paid out.
This is to later access sensitive bank details.
– This is an example of a very low form of crime, which is carried out by unscrupulous people Roger Magnergårdpress manager at Postkodlotteriet, previously told News24.
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Roger Magnergård, press manager at the Postal Code Lottery. Photo: Pressbild/Postkodlotteriet Woman was called by fraudsters
And on Monday, the fraudsters struck again. Shortly after the Postcode Lottery made a real distribution to residents of Abbekås in Scania, an elderly woman, living in Skurup, was called, which Ystad’s Allehanda was the first to report on.
According to information from the lottery’s customer service that Nyheter24 was informed of, it was a man who called and he “introduced himself as Daniel Elmqvist from the Postcode lottery and told me that the woman had won 37,000 kroner”.
“He asked what she was going to do with the money, if she was happy and asked for card details and claimed that the money would be deposited via Resurs Bank,” it further states.
The fraudster then asked the woman to repeat her card number and approve via Bank ID.
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The Postcode Lottery’s press manager: “Ominous”
When the call was over, however, the woman felt uneasy and contacted the Postal Code Lottery, whereupon she realized she had been scammed.
It is unclear whether the woman, who stated that she will report the incident to the police, got rid of money or not at this point, according to Roger Magnergård.
– Unfortunately, she happened to leave both account details and identify herself with Bank ID, which in itself is ominous, he tells Nyheter24.
The postcode lottery further emphasizes that you never call and ask for card details to make a direct deposit of winnings. Lottery buyers who win will automatically have their winnings deposited into the account they registered when they started their subscription.