The General Regional Police Directorate of the Ionian Islands announces that in the last period of time its Services have been reported and investigated cases of cheating unsuspecting citizens, in which astute people with various pretexts and tricks, extracted sums of money.
In particular, a case has been recorded in Corfu, in which an unknown person, having posted a relevant ad on a social network, managed and obtained from a citizen, the sum of -5,200- euros, for the sale of a vehicle, without ever completing the agreed purchase and sale.
In addition, in -2- different incidents in Kefalonia, citizens reported that vigilantes contacted them by phone, pretending to be employees of a bank branch and a local government service, respectively, and using the pretext that some taxes had to be paid in order to be refunded to the victims money to which they were entitled, the sums of -12,240- and -7,045- euros were taken from them, as the case may be.
More advice on avoiding fraud can be found on the official website of the Hellenic Police (www.hellenicpolice.gr) in the Citizen’s Guide and Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate section (https://cyberalert.gr/).
