39 Crimeans became victims of remote scammers between October 14 and October 20

• calls / calls in instant messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber) on behalf of telecom operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies, the online portal “State Services”;
• «safe» account;
• hacking accounts on social networks and instant messengers;
• buying and selling goods on free classifieds services;
• false brokerage;
• investment in company shares.

Through INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, MESSENGERS

I fell for the tricks of scammers who use social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites 17 citizens.

A resident of the Simferopol district contacted the police. He told the police that an unknown person wrote to him in the Telegram messenger with an offer to earn additional income by investing in cryptocurrency. The man agreed and for almost two months transferred money to the provided accounts. However, the promised income never arrived on the applicant’s card, and the “subscriber” stopped communicating. Then the man realized that he had translated more 4 million rubles scammers.

A resident of the Pervomaisky district contacted the police with a report of fraud. She said that she received a message from her son in the Telegram messenger asking to lend money. The woman agreed without hesitation and sent to the specified details 70 thousand rubles and only later did I find out that my son’s account had been hacked by attackers.

Via CALLS

Crimean police advise not to follow instructions received as a result of a telephone conversation. If you have doubts about the caller’s integrity, it is better to end the call and call back to the bank or mobile operator’s phone number (depending on who the “interlocutor” introduced himself to be).

The police were contacted 20 citizens who have suffered from the actions of telephone scammers. A resident of Kerch fell for the “Safe” account scheme. The man, allegedly believing the FSB officer, transferred using the specified details 5 million rubles.

12 of the specified number of CALLS were made via instant messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber).

A resident of Feodosia told the police that an unknown person called him via WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as an employee of the Pension Fund. The caller, under the pretext of conducting dubious transactions on the applicant’s bank accounts, convinced the man to send to the specified details more than 1 million 300 thousand rublesof which about 1 million was purchased on credit. The applicant later found out from the bank that everything was fine with his accounts, but cybercriminals were calling him.

How to recognize a scammer?

– distracts with volume of information – the caller talks a lot, often in complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions;

– hurries to act – doesn’t give you time to think, pushes you, asks you to name the code as soon as possible;

– frightens with consequences – the caller says that everything is bad: the money is leaving the card, the accounts are frozen. He offers a quick solution that will help fix everything.

For any suspicious calls — hang up the phone!!!

Through INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOWING LINKS

2 citizens fell for the tricks of scammers — they followed links from an unknown source and installed malicious applications.

Do not follow links on the Internet. Do not install unknown applications on your mobile phone.

A resident of the Simferopol region contacted the police with a report of fraud. The woman said that she was selling four winter car wheels through an online free classified ad service. One day an unknown person wrote to her and expressed a desire to purchase goods from the applicant. Under the pretext of transferring funds, the “buyer” sent the woman a link, arguing that in this way he would be able to send funds. Suspecting nothing, the applicant followed the link and entered her bank card details, after which she received an SMS notification that 21 thousand rubles had been debited.

source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea