A 76-year-old woman reported she was scammed out of €145,000 by an unknown person, police reported on Friday.
According to her complaint, on May 15 she contacted an unknown man through an app on her phone after reading a post on social media.
An online relationship developed between them and the unknown man, posing as a UN major serving in Syria, persuaded the 76-year-old, under various pretexts, to send him a sum of money to bank accounts abroad.
In total, the 76-year-old made ten money transfers totalling €145,000 before realising she was the victim of fraud.
Police are investigating a case of misrepresentation and computer-related fraud.
