by began steele
Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:36 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26603731
A Facebook user posing as Britain's Prince Harry has conned an Austrian floor fitter out of thousands of euros.
The fake prince offered the workman a million-euro contract to renovate the parquet floors at Buckingham Palace.
The tradesman then transferred 27,500 euros (£23,000) to several UK bank accounts, which the fraudster said was necessary to set up a British business.
The Austrian contacted police after not hearing back from the "prince". Investigations are ongoing.
But authorities in the province of Burgenland have told the floor-fitter that his chances of getting his money back are "slim", the Austrian Kurier newspaper reports.
The victim had initially initially transferred 2,500 euros to a Lloyd bank account, before sending another 22,000 euros for an alleged security deposit and a third sum of 3,000.
On Friday, the floor-fitter eventually went to see police after not hearing back from the fake prince for more than two weeks.
A Facebook user posing as Britain's Prince Harry has conned an Austrian floor fitter out of thousands of euros.
The fake prince offered the workman a million-euro contract to renovate the parquet floors at Buckingham Palace.
The tradesman then transferred 27,500 euros (£23,000) to several UK bank accounts, which the fraudster said was necessary to set up a British business.
The Austrian contacted police after not hearing back from the "prince". Investigations are ongoing.
But authorities in the province of Burgenland have told the floor-fitter that his chances of getting his money back are "slim", the Austrian Kurier newspaper reports.
The victim had initially initially transferred 2,500 euros to a Lloyd bank account, before sending another 22,000 euros for an alleged security deposit and a third sum of 3,000.
On Friday, the floor-fitter eventually went to see police after not hearing back from the fake prince for more than two weeks.
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~~ George Orwell.
