The postalists saved the senior from fraud using the "policeman" method. Poczta Polska warns against subsequent practice of this type
The employees of the company from the Lubuskie Voivodeship showed vigilance and special commitment to thwarting the attempt to extort a substantial amount by the "policeman" method. Poczta Polska asks customers to exercise special caution and not provide personal numbers of bank accounts with unknown persons. The appeal is particularly addressed to seniors, as a group most exposed to fraud related to extorting savings.
The procedure for scams savings from the elderly, using the so -called Methods "for a granddaughter" or "for a policeman" is still a common phenomenon, especially in the group of seniors excluded digitally. It happens that the elderly, falling victim to this type of crime, lose their savings gathered throughout their lives.
The script scenario usually takes place in the same way. Fraudsters, impersonating a policeman or granddaughter, usually ask to prepare cash to collect from the victim's apartment or make a transfer to a bank account, and even propose 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, applies to the cheater recommendations, as a result of which he is robbed.
An elderly man who wanted to set up a ROR at Bank Pocztowy, necessarily with internet access, came to the Kargowa Post Office. His behavior did not arouse any suspicion, so the account was created. On the same day, late in the evening, the client's wife called the assistant for urgent help. She suggested that the account was probably created for fraud. It turned out that her husband received the phone from a cheater claiming to be a policeman. The criminal pointed out that the Senior's banking savings are at risk, ordering the immediate accounting of the account - necessarily with the option of internet access. At the same time, he gave the senior a specific phone number to the senior, preparing access to money.
Late in the evening, immediately after the phone of the senior wife, the assistant contacted the head of the Kargowa Post Office to clarify the situation and help the client. As a result of the intervention and commitment of several postal employees - a threat to Bank Pocztowy was reported and the client's phone number was updated, blocking the same payments and payments to the criminal's account. The intervention was thwarted to extort a substantial amount. It is worth noting once again that postal employees assisted the senior after the hours of office, i.e. in private time.
In connection with the mass scale of fraud made on the elderly, in 2019 Poczta Polska in cooperation with the Lubuska police prepared a preventive spot, broadcast in national media. The purpose of the broadcast was to reach the widest possible group of seniors.
Poczta Polska asks customers to exercise special caution and not provide personal numbers of bank accounts with unknown persons.