Man in Estonia's Rae Parish hands over more than €40,000 to scammers
In Rae Parish, Estonia, scammers posing as police, bank and telecom employees took €40,750 from a local resident. Police opened a criminal case on 29 October.
Scammers who posed as employees of several institutions have tricked a resident of Rae Parish in Estonia out of a large sum of money. Police opened a criminal case over the fraud on 29 October, according to the press office of the Põhja Prefecture, a regional division of the Estonian police.
Police say the fraudsters phoned a man living in Rae Parish and presented themselves at different moments as staff of the telecom company Telia, of the Bank of Estonia, or of the police. They spoke to the victim in Estonian.
During these conversations, the scammers obtained the passwords for the man's ID card, which in Estonia is used as a means of personal identification. They then transferred a total of 40,750 euros from his accounts.
The source does not mention any suspects or whether the money has been recovered. The case is at the criminal investigation stage.
