Innsbruck
After buying a coffee machine, a 72-year-old woman from Innsbruck looked for instructions online. Her computer was blocked and a total of 16 transfers were made from her account in the past few days. The damage is in the five-digit euro range.
In the middle of last week, the 72-year-old bought a coffee machine in an electronics store in Innsbruck. When the woman searched the Internet for operating instructions for the coffee machine on Friday, she came across a link and clicked on it.
Posed as an employee of a large software company
A short time later, the woman’s computer screen froze. A phone number became visible, which the woman then called. On the other end, a person answered and pretended to be an employee of a large software company. This person informed the woman that her computer was no longer accessible and that she was not allowed to turn it off.
On Sunday, the woman noticed from bank statements that a total of 16 transfers in a mid-five-digit euro amount had been made from her account.
