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Written by Márton Salomváry on 2024-10-15 at 12:14

Online scammers stole 10k EUR from my father’s bank account, which was all his life savings. I know the chances of any recovery are very low, still wonder if it’s worth hiring someone to investigate (already reported to the police and the bank). Anything else one can/should do? (He lives in Hungary).

[#]scam #theft #cybersecurity

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Written by Márton Salomváry on 2024-10-15 at 18:33

So it was a classic phone call with "we are the cybersecurity authority and we blocked your account for suspicious activity and you need to act now" scam.

He went to the cops and they pretty much laughed at him. Went to the bank which of course was also not able to promise anything but at least those did not humiliate him.

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Written by Márton Salomváry on 2024-10-16 at 07:48

This sucks big time, I'm already literally loosing sleep over the incident. With close to zero hope of money recovery, I keep think of the following:

• How can I prevent this from happening to him again.

• How can I prevent this from happening to other elderly family members/friends.

• How can I prevent this from happening to myself.

One of the reasons I am scared of getting old is becoming vulnerable to online scam.

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Written by Yves Van Goethem :firefox: on 2024-10-16 at 09:37

@mrc Difficult to prevent completely. Couple things can help I imagine:

• set a max limit on transfers

• don't keep large sums in "current accounts"

• only allowing large transfers with the bank's or family member revision (if that's an option)

• double-check any 'cyber security' claim with your bank

And then the more techy stuff like using 2FA, passcodes, etc.

Would be interested in what else can help if you find more =)

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