A 45-year-old woman from the Križevci area made multiple payments to an unknown person for the alleged processing of a loan, and the police are now conducting an investigation.
The Križevci Police Station is conducting a criminal investigation into a suspected fraud in which a 45-year-old woman from the Križevci area lost several thousand euros. The woman fell for a fake loan advertisement she found online in July 2026.
It all started when the woman found a loan advertisement online and got in touch with an unknown person. Instead of paying out the agreed amount, they began sending her requests to first pay money for the alleged processing of the loan. She believed these promises and made multiple payments to a bank account they provided.
Only when the promised loan failed to materialize did she realize she had been deceived. In total, her loss amounted to several thousand euros.
This case once again shows how convincing scams involving supposedly easy and quickly available loans can be. Particularly dangerous are offers where citizens are asked to pay various fees, commissions, or other costs to unknown accounts before the loan is disbursed.
Therefore, the police advise citizens that, before making any payment, they should determine who owns the advertisement and whether it is a genuinely authorized financial institution. Do not send images of your personal documents, information about bank accounts and cards, PINs, one-time passwords, or other sensitive data to unknown people.
Such schemes most often exploit the fact that someone who needs money wants to get a loan quickly, and therefore fails to notice the warning signs. For this very reason, a quick check of the advertisement and the person asking for money can prevent damage that is very difficult to recover later.
