“For the intermediary.” The police warn against another “mistake” Blik
Completely innocent people are facing police interrogation and God knows what else. Supposedly a mistake with Blik, but in fact it is an intermediation in the transfer of dirty money from crime.
Poles have increasingly easier ways of dealing with money, and this is also a playground for criminals. Honest people who live in a constant rush should be careful. An innocent request to correct a mistake will inadvertently end up in many hours of explaining at the police station.
Money that was not expected simply flows into the bank account of an unaware person – most often in the form of a Blik transfer. And then there’s a phone call with an urgent request to correct the mistake. And here you have to be careful.
Intermediation in a crime is punishable by law
According to the Police, in fact, criminals publish a false sales advertisement on the Internet and deliberately provide an incorrect telephone number for Blik payments, i.e. ours. In this way, the buyer transfers money to a third party’s account. The fraudsters then contact the person and persuade them to transfer the funds further.
After receiving the money, the fraudsters disappear and the real victim reports the matter to the police. As a result, a person who only “gave the money back” may be identified as an intermediary in the fraud.
An increase in the number of fraudulent transactions
Good advice is to clarify any error in the transfer via the bank, and not quickly due to private telephone calls. The police advise people not to send money to another telephone number or account based on a telephone “request”, but to contact the bank and report a suspicious transfer. It must be remembered that asking someone to act under the pressure of time and emotions is a typical method of criminal manipulation.
The report of the National Bank of Poland for 2025 shows that not only the number of fraudulent transactions has increased, but also their value. In the third quarter of 2025, there were over 108,000. such transactions – an increase of 4.4%. compared to the previous quarter.
This category includes payment cards, transfer orders and direct debits. In just three months, Poles lost exactly PLN 199.6 million! The average amount of each such fraudulent transaction is PLN 1,837.20.
