Styrian woman loses €77,000 in romance scam involving fake pilot
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- A 50-year-old woman from Austria's Murtal district lost about €77,000 in a romance scam.
- She transferred money for months to a man who claimed to be a pilot and allegedly threatened her to maintain the payments.
- She contacted police after the man's promised visit to Austria failed to happen.
A 50-year-old woman from the Murtal district in Styria lost around €77,000 to a man who allegedly posed as a pilot in a romance scam.
The man had pretended to have romantic feelings for her since March and repeatedly asked her for money. According to the report, he also threatened the woman in an effort to keep the payments going.
She became suspicious only after a promised visit by the alleged pilot to Austria did not take place. She then reported the case to police, who announced the incident in a statement on Saturday.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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