Two women in Cyprus loses almost 20,000 Euros in online scam

Police in Limassol and Paphos are on Thursday investigating two separate cases of online fraud, reported by two women aged 74 and 59 respectively, who lost up to €18,000. 

The 74-year-old woman in Limassol reported that she had been scammed by an unknown individual on a social media platform, who talked her into making a number of bank transfers to a foreign account, amounting to €18,000.

The woman reported that the unknown person had convinced her she would be getting the money back soon, however this did not happen.

The 59-year-old said she had prepaid €1,070 in rent for a Paphos apartment through a website, however she later found out that the flat did not exist.

Subsequent attempts to communicate with the website failed.

Police investigations are ongoing.