Poczta Polska thwarted the fraud of extorting money
In the last few weeks, the scale of fraud focused on the elderly has intensified by the method on the so -called "Granddaughter" or "post employee" or "policeman". Despite numerous social campaigns and information campaigns, the elderly are still victims of the extortion of significant sums of money. Poczta Polska and the Police - especially in the pre -Christmas period, when this phenomenon intensifies - they undertook even more intensive cooperation. Thanks to it, the payment of significant amounts of money has recently been thwarted.
The crime scenario is usually the same. Fraudsters impersonating a post office, policeman or granddaughter, usually ask to prepare cash to pick up a victim or make a transfer to a bank account, and even a joint exit to a post office or bank branch to withdraw money from the account. The victim, believing that he helps someone close to need or state authorities, is robbed.
Thanks to the internal procedures of Poczta Polska and police activities, recent attempts have been prevented from extorting money.
In September this year The request of the Warsaw Police Headquarters was received to take action by Poczta Polska in order to thwart the payment of the message granted by the person who fell victim to fraudsters acting by the method on the so -called granddaughter. The fraudster made a double attempt to pay the amount. Due to the error in the name of the recipient, he was not paid. There was a suspicion of making a re -attempt to pay the message. After receiving this information, Poczta Polska immediately sent information to subordinate institutions about the possibility of making another attempt to pay the message. At the same time, on the basis of previous attempts to pay the message, the data of that person was established. Poczta Polska looked at the amount - the next attempt to pay was not and reimbursement of the detained amount to the sender of the message.
Another similar situation took place in October this year. The case concerned the payment of a postal order at PLN 25,000. An ongoing Poczta Polska employee monitored the case and was in constant telephone contact with police officers. Actions were taken to thwart the extortion of cash. Postal facilities were informed about the injured person's subsequent message for the same name and the amount of PLN 20,000 and the possibility of making the payment by fraudsters. As a result of the efficient operation of Poczta Polska employees, the message was not paid and the amount was returned to the sender. Finally, the perpetrators of the crime were detained in the post office and another attempt to extort cash was thwarted. Poczta Polska employees showed increased vigilance when trying to pay the message given to the same name. According to the previously provided instructions, they asked the person trying to pay for patience and called the police. The perpetrators were detained during their crime.
The Polish Post Office sensitizes its employees on an ongoing basis to pay special attention to unusual payments made by the elderly. The perpetrators of this type of fraud are often detained thanks to the help of people who are aware that they can be cheated.
- Especially in the pre -Christmas period, when we more often receive or send packages or monetary messages, we call for special caution. Real Poczta Polska employees never ask for money or for sensitive data. Poczta Polska also does not call its clients with a request to provide any information or data. Remember about the principle of "limited trust" to strangers. Unexpected phones claiming to be fake people do not have to end with extortion of money - says Justyna Siwek, spokesman for Poczta Polska.
In case of any suspicion, please notify the police at 997 or 112. Ordinary caution can protect anyone from the loss of savings collected for years.