The Marijampolė County Police report states that the victim, born in 1982, contacted officers on Saturday afternoon.
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He reported that a supposed buyer contacted him via a messaging app regarding an electric scooter being sold on the ‘Skelbiu.lt’ portal.
The victim was sent a link to a potentially fake parcel service website, where, after entering online banking login details, 9999 euros were illegally debited from the man’s bank account.
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A pre-trial investigation into fraud has been launched.
If officers manage to identify the fraudsters, they could face imprisonment for up to three years.
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