Scammers defraud Lithuanian residents of €119,600

Scammers have defrauded Lithuanian residents of a total of €119,600 through various fraud schemes, with pre-trial investigations launched in all cases, LRT reports.

According to the Police Department, a man reported to the Klaipėda County Chief Police Commissariat on Tuesday at around 14:47 that unidentified individuals had stolen €31,050 from him through the investment platform “Blezefgroup.com” while purchasing cryptocurrencies. The theft occurred from October 28, 2025, with the exact time still under investigation.

Later the same day, at around 16:56, a 78-year-old woman in Kaunas reported that Russian-speaking scammers, posing as employees of a telecommunications company, a bank, and police officers, had defrauded her of €13,850.

Panevėžys County police reported two additional cases. On July 2, a 43-year-old man in Panevėžys received a message about a fine and, after accessing his bank account, had €4,990 stolen. On July 3, a 55-year-old woman in Panevėžys lost €1,241 after logging into her bank’s website.

Klaipėda County police recorded three more incidents. A man in Kretinga District lost €8,000 after clicking a link in an SMS about an unpaid fine. In Palanga, a 77-year-old woman lost €1,044.63 after responding to a fraudulent SMS. Another woman in Klaipėda, born in 1990, lost €2,067.93 in multiple transactions after clicking a link in a text message.

In Šiauliai County, a resident of Raseiniai District reported losing €53,059 after transferring the amount to a small community’s bank account for the construction of a hangar, which was never built.

Vilnius County police received a report from a 51-year-old man in Trakai District who lost €1,968 after clicking a link in an SMS about a package delivery update. In Alytus County, a 30-year-old woman lost €2,449 after receiving a fraudulent SMS about an administrative fine.