Deception (social engineering): Private individual, Austria 2022
Through a dating site, the woman met a man who supposedly needed money for an inheritance matter in the USA.
- Incident · 2022 · Lower Austria (district of Wiener Neustadt), Austria
- Evidence: confirmed by an authority
- Deception (social engineering)
- Fraud
As of
What happened
She transferred money several times, sent gift card codes and finally paid a fee for a promised payout of 750'000 euros. In total she lost 54'700 euros; the Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office investigated.
- Affected
- Private individual (anonymous)
- Industry
- Private individual
- Loss
- EUR 54'700
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- unknown / unknown
- Data affected
- unknown
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- Dating site; supposedly single US citizen living in Vienna
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
We have not assigned any cyber insurance module to this case.
Overview based on public policy terms, as of 06.11.2026. Only your policy and its general terms and conditions (GTC) are binding. No confirmation of cover.
What we can learn
Fees for promised large payouts and payments with gift cards are sure signs of fraud.
Sources
- Love Scam: Frau aus NÖ verlor über 50.000 Euro (opens in a new window) VIENNA.AT (nach LPD Niederösterreich) · 2022-07-01
«Das Opfer hatte über eine Singlebörse einen Mann kennengelernt»