On Wednesday, September 6, a so-called bank employee withdrew thousands of euros using a bank card that was issued under false pretenses. He convinced the 76-year-old victim from Edam that something was wrong with her bank account. Handing over the bank card and a laptop to the ‘bank employee’ would prevent worse. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
A 76-year-old woman received a call on September 6 in Edam around 2:30 p.m. A self-described bank employee is on the phone with her. Everything could be wrong. Her laptop, among other things, was allegedly hacked and large sums of money were withdrawn from her bank account.
All this is utter nonsense, but the woman is persuaded into trusting the ‘bank employee’. That same day, the man shows up at her door around 6 p.m.
Bring your laptop and bank card
The laptop is given – in complete good faith – to “clean it up”. She has not seen anything of that device again so far. The woman’s debit card was also given to him.
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Expensive products were purchased the same day with the bank card, namely three iPhones at an electronics store on Gustav Mahlerlaan in Amsterdam. The total damage? More than three thousand euros.
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The young man can be seen in the images above.
Police and Public Prosecution Service think that the suspect may be a minor. In that case, images are always first shown unrecognizable. “If his identity is not known within two weeks, or he does not report to the police, we will still make the images recognizable.” These are then shown in the Bureau NH broadcast.
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