Car enthusiasts and car parts enthusiasts who will be happy to buy a new product are the perfect people for online scammers. Online scams, especially Facebook scams, have become a common practice for criminals in Norway. Their number has doubled over the past year, according to a report by SR-Bank in Stavanger.
“Fraud” program
A perfidious trickster
A man who commits online fraud operates multiple accounts in... social media. How people claimthat have been damaged by him, always requires payment in advance for the goods. Indicates that it is able to deliver car or car parts independently and completely for free. He adds that he works at Bring and when he receives payment, he cuts off contact with the victim.
One of the victims
One of the scammer's many victims is Ruben André Eikevåg from Bergen, who was looking for car wheels to buy in the BMW group on Facebook. “I received a reply from someone who I believe was from Stavanger. I received photos of four or five different types of wheels. We agreed price 7500 crowns, which I partially gave, because half of it, to the person who was supposed to sell me the parts. – said the leader of the “Fraud” program, Kjell-Ole Kleiven. After a long wait for the purchased product, Ruben finally comes to the conclusion that he was deceived by a man and lost his money.
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Internet scams and the follow-up
There is another victim in Hokksund Eikeland, evidence indicates that the fraudster may be the same person. Cato, which is the name of the injured person, wrote a post on one of the Facebook groups that he was looking for a screen for his car. The seller offered free shipping arguing this work in the industry transport. Cato paid 2000 crowns but did not receive the screen. The seller disappeared from the group, and the injured party realized that he had been scammed. However, he did not leave the matter unresolved because immediately after the incident, he wrote an extensive post in the group on Facebook, which was supposed to be a warning against a scammer. Additionally, the entry served to collect evidence against this person. The situation led to Cato receiving many messages from other victims. Currently, it has as many as 50 pages of screenshots on which you can read a lot of correspondence related to online fraudcommitted by the same man.
Let's be more careful
Cato, reports that several victims transferred the amounts to an account number at SR-Bank in Stavanger. It turns out, as we can read on NA, that the account in question was closed in as a result of suspicion of fraud. The bank cannot disclose personal information, but Chief Communications Officer Thor-Christian Haugland warns of the dangers of e-commerce, “We need to be more careful when it comes to buying goods online.” Online sales are big business. We should always approach this type of purchase carefully.
