July 29, 17.08, Scam, Botkyrka

An 80-year-old woman in Tumba has received an SMS and then a person is supposed to have called the woman and claimed to be a police officer and wanted to send someone to pick up jewelry. A report of attempted gross fraud will be written.

Phone scams can lead to theft in the home

It can happen that the scammer claims that someone must come to your home to secure your valuables or codes. Instead, you are robbed of money, gold and other valuables.

Protect yourself from phone scams

Hang up the phone
If someone calls you and you become uncertain, you should end the call. This applies regardless of whether the person says they are a relative or someone from your bank, a company or an authority.

Prepare something you can say to end the call quickly, or hang up directly. You do not need to be polite.

Do not log in
Do not identify yourself with bank-id and do not give out codes from your bank card or to your payment card if someone asks for it.

Serious companies, organizations and authorities never contact you and ask you to log in or give out personal information in this way.

Do not trust the caller
The scammer may try to stress you by saying that you are about to lose money or that a close relative has been injured.

Do not trust the person who is calling, even if they seem credible and have personal information about you.

In the event of ongoing crime, call 112. If the crime is not ongoing, call 114 14.