Scammers trick two Vilnius residents out of nearly €90,000

Fraudsters posing as police officers and bank officials have swindled nearly €90,000 from two Vilnius residents in separate incidents, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reports, citing police.

A 44-year-old woman reported that unknown Russian-speaking callers, claiming to be police, deceived her into handing over €22,100 in cash to an unidentified person at her home between March 27 and April 1. Authorities have launched a pre-trial investigation under Article 182(2) of Lithuania’s Criminal Code, which covers fraud.

In a separate case, a 72-year-old woman was targeted by scammers posing as employees of a telecommunications company, bank staff, and police officers. Between March 30 and April 7, they tricked her into transferring €60,900 and handing over bank cards, from which an additional €7,500 was stolen. Her total loss amounted to €68,400. A pre-trial investigation has been initiated under multiple articles of the Criminal Code, including fraud (182(3)), forgery of documents (214(1)), and misuse of payment cards (215(1)).