Victim of scammers fell a businessman from Lamia, who had financial transactions with the Region of Central Greece, as a result of which they made “wings” from a bank account of 26,000 euros!

The fraudsters seem to have been aware of the transactions between the entrepreneur and the District, and by calling sometimes from mobile phones and sometimes from landlines, pretending to be actual employees of the Mainland Regionmanaged to extract sensitive company data and deduct the above amount.

A similar attempt was made to a businessman from Karpenisi, but in this particular case they were unable to catch his codes and deduct some amount.

On the occasion of the specific incidents of telephone – electronic fraud, the Region of Central Greece, issued a statement with which he draws attention to the citizens to be suspicious when they receive calls that say they are from officials of the Region. e

They emphasize that “the communication with the services of the Region of Central Greece is carried out either in person or by electronic mail or by telephone through the electronic addresses and fixed telephone service numbers, which are posted on the organization’s website, www.pste.gov.gr”.

In fact, the Acting General Director of Internal Operations of the Region of Central Greece, Zoe Kolovou, following the order of the Regional Governor, filed an indictment with the Prosecutor’s Office of Lamiato the Security Directorate of Lamia and report to the Economic Crime Prosecution Corps.