Fraud: Private individual, Austria 2024
A fraudster used a photo of the presenter Armin Assinger to advertise a Bitcoin investment.
- Incident · 01.2024 · Lower Austria (St. Leonhard am Hornerwald), Austria
- Evidence: confirmed by an authority
- Fraud
- Deception (social engineering)
As of
What happened
On the phone, he got the pensioner to install a remote access app and give his credit card details. Around 4'000 euros went to a German account; a second debit failed because of the daily limit.
- Affected
- Private individual (anonymous)
- Industry
- Private individual
- Loss
- around EUR 4'000
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- unknown / unknown
- Data affected
- true
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- Online advert with a photo of Armin Assinger for a Bitcoin investment, followed by phone calls and a remote access app
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
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Misuse of card, Twint, e-banking
Strangers pay with your money
Mostly limited 25 of 29 private products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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
Never grant remote access to your mobile phone or computer to strangers; daily limits on cards limit the damage.
Sources
- Internetbetrüger warb mit Armin Assinger (opens in a new window) VOL.AT (APA) · 2024-01-13
- Betrüger wirbt mit Armin Assinger und bestiehlt Pensionisten (opens in a new window) Salzburg24 · 2024-01