Security News > 2021 > October > Nine arrested for impersonating bank clerks to steal from the elderly
The Dutch Police have arrested nine people for targeting and stealing money from the elderly by impersonating bank employees.
The group of bank help desk fraudsters, five men and four women between the ages of 20 and 27, were arrested between September 14 and October 19, 2021.
The scammers now face criminal charges for defrauding multiple targets while posing as bank employees in phone calls where they used caller ID spoofing to make it appear as if they called from real financial institutions in the Netherlands.
The Dutch Police also sent WhatsApp messages to the contacts of those arrested warning them about committing similar crimes.
More recently, the Dutch Police emailed customers of a DDoS booter service warning them that they would be arrested if they commit further offenses.
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