Lured onto a platform

Nasty internet scam with a false job offer

Internet scammers mercilessly exploit the desperation and hopes of their victims (symbolic image).

(Bild: Armin Weigel)

If you don't lose a job a few years before you retire, you sometimes have to accept severe reductions in your pension. A job on the internet was a tempting offer for a 57-year-old...

Anyone who has been looking for a job knows how grueling and frustrating the many unanswered applications can be. So it is not surprising that a 57-year-old woman from the Villach-Land district is perhaps not careful enough when she suddenly finds a job on an internet platform.

"The 57-year-old clicks on this job offer and fills out an application form with her details," explains the police. The woman is then contacted immediately by telephone, after which she receives an employment contract by email. She fills it out straight away and sends it back. The fraudsters then unscrupulously exploit her hopes.

"For over a month, the 57-year-old invested in virtual bonus products using cash transfers and then cryptocurrency," the police report. The woman was promised that she would get the money back later - including a commission. However, this never happens and the 57-year-old woman suffers a loss of several tens of thousands of euros.