Sorry if this violates a community rule, but I am so disgusted I had to ask for help. My (Romanian) wife’s father lives in NE Romania. He and his wife have very little and live an agrarian lifestyle, typical of where they live. Yesterday he fell for a scam on Facebook, thinking it was a legit investment in Romgaz: https://www.patriabank.ro/blog/educatie-financiara/cum-alegi-un-fond-de-investitii
The actual link is https://distemperoid.xyz/?fb=1957671641262406&utm_source=cr77&fbclid=IwAR0Zq1plG0iaK8L-kuJF5J_OfkQ_B56Qan829-k4Ry77IzSTdeJRKZF4qjU_aem_AXMvNJMKNfm7a2jNRh0_wdtfEw-tOH5tta7swUr3U6xUPEUhCeoZxBR_XNiClt9cHd5jaId0cqUF1opo9gfZo0cP
But when you share the link, it pulls up the former patria bank link. The phone number is in England +44 788 218 8402. You can only call on WhatsApp. Fluent Romanian speakers.
He doesn’t know any better so we are just looking for corrective actions to nail these scumbags. Can anyone direct us to an agency in Romania that can help (if at all possible)? DIICOT? Anything? Thanks in advance.
by croceum
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While shady af, Patria bank seems to be a legit bank, listed at the BVB -Bursa de Valori București… The Romanian authority you can appeal to is ASF – [https://asfromania.ro/](https://asfromania.ro/)
Știți careva de mizeria asta – Patria bank? Pare bancă legit, nu vreun IFN, plm…
You should report this to the police. They have a cybercrimes division. You can do a request online: https://www.politiaromana.ro/ro/petitii-online or you can try contacting the local police starion on a non-emergency number.