Fraudsters take nearly 33,000 euros from two Lithuanian women

Two women from Vilnius and Jurbarkas lost nearly 33,000 euros to fraudsters, the Police Department said Wednesday, according to LRT.

A woman born in 1962 contacted Vilnius police on Tuesday. She said that after entering her bank login details on a possibly fake banking website that day, 14,400 euros were fraudulently taken from her account.

A woman born in 1967 contacted Jurbarkas police after an unknown Russian-speaking person reached her on WhatsApp on June 23 and persuaded her to invest through an online investment platform. She said she was defrauded of nearly 17,300 euros.

Pre-trial investigations have been launched.