Poczta Polska has issued a statement warning pensioners about people pretending to be postmen.
Stories of defrauded seniors who have been robbed of their entire savings are often heard in the media. Criminals are increasingly posing as postmen and taking advantage of the trust that retirees have in this profession. Poczta Polska has published a message on her website in which she shows how not to be misled and what you should pay particular attention to.
This is how they cheat pensioners
One of the commonly used fraud methods is pretending to be a postman. The criminal calls the victim and pretends to be a postman from Poczta Polska (note, sometimes he gives the real first and last name of the postman from a certain area) and asks for the correct delivery address for a registered letter from a bank. During the conversation, the fraudster manipulates the conversation partner to obtain information about which bank the victim has a bank account with.
After obtaining this information, the criminal calls the victim again, this time as a police officer or bank employee. Under a fictitious pretext, he forces you to withdraw your savings (or take out a loan) and transfer the money to a designated person or leave it in a certain place. Sometimes fraudsters also try to extort personal information from victims: PESEL number, signature specimen and ID number. All this to put a loan in the victim’s account.
Another method is the postman method. The criminal calls the victim and inquires about the delivery of a registered letter or package. Then he calls again, this time posing as a police officer investigating a gang of criminals posing as postal workers. They then obtain information about the valuables and money that the victim has at home by asking trick questions or expertly guiding the conversation. After a while, a “police officer” shows up at the house, intimidates the victim and commits a theft.
First of all, Poczta Polska calls for vigilance and checking the information provided by fraudsters. You are also asked to report any disturbing incidents.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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