Police on Friday are investigating a new case of PaySafe prepaid credit card scam following a complaint lodged on Thursday.
According to the complaint, a Limassol supermarket employee received a call from an unknown person using a Greek number on the shops landline. The caller said that he was the director of a company working with the supermarket, and asked to be given PaySafe prepaid card numbers.
The supermarket employee was convinced and shared code numbers for 39 PaySafe cards. Subsequently it was found that the money on all 39 cards had been redeemed. The cards had been credited with a total of €1,950 (€50 euros each).
Similar scam incidents on PaySafe prepaid cards have been committed in an identical manner and reported to the police in recent days.
Police are urging caution, especially for owners and workers of kiosks, supermarkets and other shops where PaySafe cards are available for sale.
Police recommendations are to proceed immediately with warnings of the scam to their staff, never issue cards over the telephone, to immediately report any suspicions to the police.
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