New scam: They paid 22,500 euros for cars and they never came

The TAE of Limassol is investigating a case of computer fraud and extortion of money by false representations.

According to a complaint made to the Police by two persons from Limassol, after a conversation they had (through an application), with an unknown person, they sent an amount of 22,500 to a bank account in Japan, with the purpose of buying four used cars.

The unknown person introduced himself to them as an employee of a company in Japan, which sells used vehicles.

After remittance of the above sum of money, which corresponded to the advance payment of the four cars, the above persons found out that they had been victims of fraud.

The Economic Crime Investigation Office of the TAE Limassol continues the examinations.