Ellie's (45) Account Emptied After Fake Job Vacancy: “I Had to Transfer 2 Euros and Suddenly I Lost Everything”

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“In five minutes, everything I had saved for months was gone.” Single mother Ellie Dewinter (45) from Aarschot wanted to earn some extra money with a flexi-job on weekends and applied online for a vacancy. But before she even realized it, her account was emptied. “Internet criminals operate very cunningly,” warns the police. Read here what to look out for when applying online. “If there is a rush, something is wrong.”