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'Discount' phone scammers steal thousands from elderly woman in Sweden
A 75-year-old woman in the Håbo municipality lost over 120,000 kronor (11,200 euros) on Friday after falling victim to a telephone scam.
Warning: Don't get tricked by this tax refund email scam in Sweden
Billions of kronor will be handed back to tax payers in Sweden this week. But beware of scams.
Millions of kronor stolen in spate of BankID scams
More than 20 million Swedish kronor was stolen in one single month in a spate of bank scams this summer.
Beware of new bank scam, Swedish police warn
Swedish police warned residents on Monday to be aware of a new widespread telephone scam aimed at obtaining sensitive financial information.
Swedish police warn of scams using BankID to drain your account
Police have warned people using Sweden's major electronic ID scheme BankID to be wary of phone calls from scammers pretending to work for the bank and police.
Beware new +252 telephone scam, Swedish police warn
Police in Sweden are warning the public to avoid answering calls from unknown foreign numbers after apparent telephone scammers from Somalia targeted Swedish phones.
Indians in Sweden told to be wary of travel document scam
Indians in Sweden have been warned to be wary of phone calls from scammers pretending to work at the Indian embassy who demand money via wire transfers to fix supposed visa issues.
Swedish tax agency warns of scam emails
The Swedish tax agency has warned Swedes to be extra careful when dealing with emails and texts claiming to be from the authorities - especially those promising an easy tax refund.
Swedish women warned off dating 'US men' online
A US engineer whose online claims didn't turn out to be true have left a Gothenburg woman out of pocket and brokenhearted, and one of dozens of Swedish women who have fallen victim to an increasingly common online dating scam.
'Fake' grandkids defraud elderly Swedes
Two men have been apprehended by police after a long search for the fraudsters who had been duping elderly Swedes into believing they were giving money to their grandchildren.
Swedish man paid cash to have money cleaned
A man from northern Sweden has been fooled into paying large sums of cash to have money "laundered" after a trickster convinced him that having the stained notes cleaned would earn him millions
Foreign students easy prey for Stockholm rental scams
With no end in sight to the shortage of student housing in Stockholm, foreign students should be on the lookout for scam artists hoping to capitalise on their desperation, contributor Anita Badejo discovers.
Sweden hit by Microsoft phone hacking scam
Fake, English-speaking tech support specialists claiming to be from US software giant Microsoft are targeting Swedes in a creative scam designed to hack into people's computers.
US state issues alert over Swedish email scam
The historic ties between Sweden and the US state of Minnesota play a central role in a new email scam targeting Swedish citizens.
Payback unlikely for Swedes swindled by bogus brokers
More than one hundred Swedes who were defrauded of tens of millions of kronor by a group of phony stockbrokers will likely never see their money again.
Bankers blindsided by con artist's creamy cake
A well-dressed Swedish fraudster treated bank employees to cake as thanks for helping him make off with 12 million kronor ($1.75 million) in cash and gold. He has now been sentenced to eight years in prison.
More evidence against Malmö 'skimmers'
Swedish police are increasingly certain that two men arrested last week in Hungary are the masterminds behind the widespread credit card scam which recently hit residents in Malmö in southern Sweden.
'Sackey Wasky' whacks wallets of Swedish men
A cunning internet con artist posing as a love-struck woman from Ghana has succeeded in defrauding a number of Swedish men of hundreds of thousands of kronor.