The wave of fraud does not seem to subside. On Thursday 9 November, the police issued a new fraud warning to the public.
An elderly woman from Mullsjö had been contacted by what she thought was a representative from a telephone company. In fact, it was a fraudster who managed to steal all of SEK 100,000 with the help of BankID.
But the police warning is not the only one issued in recent days.
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The local newspaper Mitt i Stockholm now states that several people have been contacted by individuals who claim to work in libraries around Stockholm. In the conversations, and in some cases also in email contact, the fraudsters try to trick private individuals out of money.
The perpetrators have, for example, pretended to work at a library in Sundbyberg, outside Stockholm.
– Someone has said ‘you had reserved 25 books from us. Unfortunately, we cannot deliver them. We will pay you back money and then you need to give us your bank account, says Henrika Åströmlibrary manager in Sundbyberg, to In the middle of.
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Was cheated of half a million kroner
Unfortunately, two people have been deceived by the “library”. One was defrauded of SEK 6,000, while the other lost a breathtaking SEK 500,000 from the bank account.
– My opinion is that the fraudsters work a lot according to the ‘if it goes, it goes’ practice. If they make a hundred attempts, they might succeed in five, ten, say Patrik Henrikssonoperational coordinator at the police.
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Crime profits for fraud 2023
In 2023, criminal profits for fraud increased by as much as 22 percent compared to the year before. The total criminal profits landed at SEK 7.5 billion.
According to the police, the profits are reinvested in new criminal schemes such as drugs and weapons.
Profits of Crime 2023 by Fraud Type:
- Investment fraud: SEK 2.3 billion.
- Telephone fraud: SEK 708 million.
- Romance fraud: SEK 470 million.
- Card fraud without a physical card: SEK 344 million.
- Fraud where a person pretends to be a company or authority: SEK 329 million.
Source: The police
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Source: nyheter24.se
