Criminals are always thinking about new scams with which to deceive hundreds of people, and with the advancement of new technologies, they are premiering new techniques.
As it is being notified, it is proliferating in New York City, a scam in which the victim’s mobile phone is used to divert a lot of money.
It is a scam that could extend at any time to other regions such as Europe, so it is convenient that you know it so as not to fall into this trap.
Basically the criminals approach the victims, preferably older people, to ask for a donation making a collector for a sports team in the city, for a school or for a non -profit organization.
When the victim agrees to make a small donation of a few dollars through an application such as Venmo, Cash APP or ZELLE, The scammer will affirm that he has not received the donation and will be offered to help.
At that time, the scammer asks for the victim’s phone, and instead of making the minimum donation of a couple of dollars for the alleged charity organization, what he does is divert hundreds or thousands of dollars in a few seconds taking advantage of the victim that the victim He has delivered the mobile with the bank application already unlocked.
The New York Police Department indicates that scammers have managed to steal in this way More than $ 76,000 to dozen people in Manhattan and Brooklyn in 2024, in quantities that range from 928 to $ 3500 per person.
In this way you must be very careful, because someone could end up coating on the street to make a minimal donation, and when I take your phone with the bank application already unlocked, it could in just a couple of movements empty the bank account.
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