Scammers take €20,000 from Vilnius woman after Facebook survey

Scammers took €20,000 from a Vilnius woman after strangers contacted her following a Facebook survey, police said, according to LRT. Police reported two cases in the past 24 hours in which residents lost tens of thousands of euros.

The woman, born in 1944, told police that Russian-speaking callers introduced themselves as specialists in protecting personal data and property.

In a separate case, a Kaunas woman born in 1988 received a text message about an unpaid fine. She lost €13,000 from her bank account after clicking the link in the message.

Pre-trial investigations into fraud have been opened in both cases.