Telephone fraud of 50,000 euros with "bait" Fanourakis
Frame - frame the phone scam - They tried it on others but it didn't work -
M. Fanourakis draws attention: "In similar cases, contact the police or the municipal services immediately"
A businessman of Xanthi was a victim of fraud by astute people who used as "bait" the name of the vice-mayor of Xanthi, Manolis Fanourakis. With a trick, they stole his personal information and took 50,000 euros from his account!
According to our information, an unknown person pretending to be Mr. Fanourakis called the company secretariat saying that he wishes to buy products sold by the company and asked for an account number to deposit the money. After a while, however, he called again as Fanourakis, saying that more money had been deposited by mistake and that he would send the proof to withdraw and refund the amount. So it happened. The secretary acted on the instructions of fake Fanourakis, with the result that the company's account was emptied by ... 50,000 euros! When the businessman was informed, he filed a lawsuit against unknown persons and the case is being investigated by the Xanthi Police. They applied the same trick to 2-3 other businessmen but they could not deceive them.
M. Fanourakis: "I ask my fellow citizens, in similar cases, to contact the police or the municipal services immediately
In his post, Deputy Mayor Manolis Fanourakis refers to the event and draws the attention of the citizens: "I would like to draw the attention of all my fellow citizens regarding the transaction procedures with the Municipality of Xanthi.
These follow a specific order and methodology and in no case does this go through the name of the responsible deputy mayor and even by phone!
Unfortunately, the shrewd managed to deceive a fellow businessman of ours and took from him a significant amount using my name.
I ask my fellow citizens, in similar cases, to immediately contact the police or the municipal services, which can provide all the useful information required.
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