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Had Millions From an Elderly Couple Who Will Probably Never Recover the Funds

Summary by RÚV
An Icelandic man defrauded an elderly couple in the capital area of millions by showing up at their homes and pretending to be a Microsoft employee. Police believe the crimes are part of a foreign fraud scheme. The man has not been found. This is the first time the police have dealt with a case of this nature, where a person enters people's homes and falsifies their credentials in this way. "And goes into the people's computers and loads program…
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An Icelandic man defrauded an elderly couple in the capital area of millions by showing up at their homes and pretending to be a Microsoft employee. Police believe the crimes are part of a foreign fraud scheme. The man has not been found. This is the first time the police have dealt with a case of this nature, where a person enters people's homes and falsifies their credentials in this way. "And goes into the people's computers and loads program…

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RÚV broke the news in on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
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