Benidorm fraudsters ran ‘bank manager phone con’ on woman to pocket €14k

BENIDORM fraudsters syphoned €14,000 out of a woman’s bank account by running a con involving a bogus bank manager.

Two people aged 55 and 43 have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.

The victim said that she was contacted by a man claiming to be her manager.

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He told her that fraudulent charges were made on her account, and requested her password to fix the problem.

The concerned client passed on the private information but the conman then made two transfers of €9,000 and €5,000.

Police quickly identified the fraudsters by the bank account that they used to make the illegal transfers.

The con is known as ‘spoofing’ where criminals impersonate a bank with bogus claims of illegal account use to extract personal details.

You can commit it by phone, email or text.

The Policia Nacional urged people to not provide personal information to banks if asked.