The facts took place on November 24. A 63-year-old woman from Knokke received a call around 9 p.m. from someone posing as a KBC employee. The scammer claimed that she had clicked on a fraudulent email and that there was a risk of a burglary. He convinced her to log in via Itsme and collect jewelry and valuables in a box.
Around 2 a.m., that box was picked up by a 23-year-old woman, allegedly for “safe keeping.” The next morning, the victim no longer trusted the situation and contacted her bank herself. By then the damage had already been done: her jewelry, worth around 100,000 euros, had disappeared and 8,800 euros had already been withdrawn from her account.