The Austrian police issued an urgent warning on Tuesday about the “fake doctor” scam. Callers pretend to be doctors and pretend that close relatives of potential victims are suffering from cancer. They demand large sums of money for medication for immediate treatment. The damage caused in this way amounts to a mid-six-figure euro sum nationwide, reported the Lower Austria Provincial Police Directorate in a press release. The supposed doctors usually call from home landline numbers. The money for an allegedly vital and immediate treatment is then handed over at an…
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