A 49-year-old Sevastopol resident fell for online scammers — he “protected his account” and lost his savings

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Over the weekend, five citizens aged 32 to 74 contacted the Sevastopol police because they had suffered from scammers who stole money under the pretext of protecting savings in a bank account. The total amount of material damage amounted to 1 million 435 thousand rubles. The person who suffered the most from telephone criminals was a 49-year-old Sevastopol resident, who received a call via messenger from a scammer, introduced himself as an employee of a regional commercial bank and reported that they were trying to steal the money in his bank account. The swindler convinced the victim to transfer his savings to a “safe” account. Having followed the caller’s instructions, the victim transferred 917 thousand rubles to the account indicated to him.

In the second case, the scammers convinced a 48-year-old warehouse manager at a management company that criminals at local banks were trying to get loans in her name, so she needed to get ahead of them. Succumbing to the tricks, the woman took out loans from two banks totaling 336 thousand rubles and transferred the money to the account dictated to her, thinking that in the future it would be used to repay the loans. When this did not happen, the victim realized that she had become a victim of scammers and contacted the police.

In other cases, according to a similar scheme, three citizens lost from 13 to 135 thousand rubles.

Dear citizens, remember: alleged problems with your bank accounts or mobile phone contracts, as well as transfers to a “safe” or “reserve” account are scammers’ tricks! NEVER follow instructions given to you over the phone, otherwise you will lose all your moneywarns the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

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