A 35-year-old wanted to sell items on the online sales platform Shpock and was cheated out of 1,050 euros by unknown perpetrators.
The previously unknown perpetrators gained access to the bank details of the 35-year-old man using phishing on Sunday and thus made several transfers via online banking. The 35-year-old seller wanted to sell items on the online sales platform Shpock. The supposed buyers requested the man’s bank details. He confirmed a transaction using a push TAN in the banking app. This resulted in damage of 1,050 euros.
Bregenzer cheated by 1,960 euros
A second case of fraud also occurred on the Shpock platform on Monday: the allegedly interested buyers asked a 53-year-old from Bregenz to process a payment via PayPal. The 53-year-old seller agreed and gave his bank details including the user number. He was then asked to confirm the transaction he was making. There was damage in the amount of 1,960 euros.
The police advise:
- Never give out your user number for online sales/transactions.
- The perpetrators can use this to send emails and messages via various fake online shops, for example, and thus get their bank, access and other sensitive data, also known as phishing.
