The Poviat Police Headquarters in Lubin warns against scams utilizing “BLIK”. Two inhabitants of Lubin have contacted the local Police reporting that they were cheated using BLIK method for a total of PLN 3,500.

According the the police, the criminal has acquired account credentials of one of the social profiles of the Lubin resident’s friend, and then, by using Messenger, he asked the victim to make two transfers of PLN 1,000 each using BLIK. Another resident of Lubin was deceived in the same way for PLN 1,500. The scammer after receiving the BLIK code withdrew the money from the ATM.

Police calls for careful use of devices connected to the internet. The new fraud is based on identity theft. Fraudsters impersonating a given person use the trust of their friends by asking for BLIK code. An excuse to provide BLIK code might be problems with credit card or inability to pay for purchases.