July 5 08.00, Fraud, Stockholm County

A woman in Stockholm reports that she has been swindled out of approximately 50,000 kronor and her bank card by a scammer who contacted her by phone. A report of fraud is made. A woman on Ekerö reports that she was contacted via messenger by a person she thought was her daughter and who was experiencing various problems and wanted money sent - the scam attempt was uncovered and no money was sent. A report of an attempt at fraud is made. A woman in Nacka has been subjected to a fraud attempt when a person called and said that a lock replacement was to take place in her home (a common method of getting into people's homes to deceive or steal). The woman uncovered the fraud attempt and a report of an attempt at fraud was written. Another woman in Nacka has been contacted - this time via SMS - about a lock replacement taking place at her home and that someone would come to her and do it. The person did not call and a report of an attempt at fraud was written in this case as well. A man in Norrtälje municipality has been swindled and lost over 200,000 kronor. The victim was exposed to people who claimed to be calling from the police, bank, etc. for several days. They pretended to want to help the man solve various invented problems. The man was tricked into logging in via Bank-ID several times and was thus swindled of large sums. A report of gross fraud is made. A man in Täby reports that he has been swindled out of 50,000 kronor over the past few weeks and there is also suspicion that loans may have been taken out in the man's name. The frauds occurred through phone calls with several different parties and it likely started with an offer to buy cryptocurrency. A report of fraud is made. A woman on Södermalm was called by a person who claimed to be calling from the police and wanted to know more about her Bank-ID, account number, how valuables are stored, etc. The false police officer also said that they would come to her home. The call was interrupted when a relative came home and heard the call. A report of an attempt at fraud is made. A woman in Nynäshamn was called by a person who claimed to be calling from a debt collection agency. The scammer who calls wants the victim to state their card numbers and codes - the call has lasted for about an hour. The scammer also asked if the victim had gold at home. The fraud attempt was interrupted with the help of a relative in this case as well and a report of an attempt at fraud was made. The above are the frauds that came in via calls to 112 on Saturday, July 4. The day before, on July 3, 13 cases were handled via 112 that involved fraud and fraud attempts. In several cases, people lost their gold jewelry and money. More frauds have likely occurred and have not been reported or discovered - it is important that you talk to your elderly friends and relatives about how fraud attempts can occur and that you should NEVER log in to Bank-ID on an unknown person's request or give out card information, etc. The police, insurance companies, banks, etc. will never come to your home and collect valuables - only scammers and thieves do. Read more in the link below about what is important to think about - talk to friends and relatives about the risk of being swindled by scammers.