Police arrest four suspects in Bremen who are said to have stolen at least tens of thousands of euros using fraudulent SMS and WhatsApp messages. Investigators tracked down those arrested after a victim was robbed of a four-figure sum in Leipzig in mid-January.
The perpetrators posed as family members or bank employees. They sent phishing links via SMS that led potential victims to a website that looked like a legitimate bank site. The number of cases in which genuine contact or transfers occurred is still under investigation.