Between May 27 and June 2, 70 Crimeans became victims of remote scammers

Via CALLS

The police were contacted 43 citizens who have suffered from the actions of telephone scammers.

Crimean police reminds: do not give your bank details to strangers (card number, CVV-code, PIN code)! Only scammers ask for it! Don’t settle for questionable earnings. Double-check the information carefully!

A resident of Alushta filed a statement with the police and said that the phone received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of a mobile operator. Under the pretext of renewing the contract for the provision of mobile communication services, the fraudster took possession of the funds.

An unknown person called a resident of Yevpatoria and introduced himself as a law enforcement officer. Under the pretext of suspicious financial transactions in the account, an unknown person took possession of the applicant’s funds.

A resident of the Chernomorsky district told police that an unknown person called her. Under the pretext of purchasing a car from the applicant, the sale of which she had previously posted on one of the Internet services, the fraudster took possession of the woman’s money.

25 of the specified number of CALLS were made through instant messengers, including using the logo of one of the leading banks in Crimea.

An unknown person called a resident of Simferopol via WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as a bank employee. The caller informed the applicant that allegedly her account on State Services had been hacked and in order to prevent third parties from issuing loans in the applicant’s name, she needed to transfer money to a “safe” account. Acting on instructions from an unknown person, the woman transferred funds, and later realized that she did not have access to the new account.

A resident of Alupka told the police that unknown people called her via Telegram and WhatsApp messengers and introduced themselves as company managers. Under the pretext of investing, misleading the applicant, the scammers took possession of the woman’s funds.

A resident of the Belogorsk district contacted the police with a report of fraud. An unknown person called her via WhatsApp messenger and, under the pretext of buying a plot of land, took possession of the applicant’s funds after she dictated the codes from the SMS to him.

Did you hear these words on the phone?

– “someone is applying for a loan for you right now”;

– “you need to get ahead of the scammers and hide your funds in a safe account”;

– “an investigator/interrogator/bailiff/FSB operative is calling you”;

– “a criminal case has been opened against you…”;

– “You need to update your personal data…”.

Hang up!

Through INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, MESSENGERS

I fell for the tricks of scammers who use social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites 24 citizen.

REMEMBER that you need to be very careful on the Internet. You should not trust strangers offering easy or quick money. If an acquaintance writes to you asking for a loan of money, you should call him back personally and make sure that his account has not been hacked by unknown people. When purchasing an item or service, make sure that they are not scammers — pay for the goods after receiving them, buy only from a trusted person who was previously purchased by yourself or someone you know.

A resident of Simferopol filed a fraud complaint with the police. The woman reported that an unknown person, using the Telegram messenger, under the pretext of earning additional income from the resale of cryptocurrency, took possession of her funds.

A resident of the city of Saki told the police that, using correspondence in the Telegram messenger, under the pretext of making money on the Internet, an unknown person took possession of her money.

An unknown person, using the Telegram messenger, under the pretext of selling a car dashboard overlay to a resident of the Simferopol region, took possession of the man’s money.

A resident of the Bakhchisaray district received a message in the WhatsApp messenger from an alleged friend of his with a request to borrow money. Without hesitation, the man transferred funds to the specified details, and later learned that his friend’s account had been hacked by unknown persons.

Through INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOWING LINKS

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

An unknown person, using the WhatsApp messenger, introduced himself as a bank employee and, under the pretext of connecting the SMS notification function, took possession of the funds of a resident of Simferopol after she followed the provided link and entered her bank card details.

A resident of Kerch contacted the police and said that an unknown person, using the Telegram messenger, under the pretext of selling medicines for animals, took possession of funds that were debited from the applicant’s card after entering the details on the specified link.

Crimean police remind you to avoid becoming a victim of scammers, you need to know the following:

– employees of any bank never ask for your card details (card number, expiration date, secret code on the back of the card), since they have your data;

– never tell anyone your passwords or secret codes that you receive in an SMS message from the bank; remember that only scammers ask for secret passwords that come to you in an SMS message from the bank;

– it is better to avoid telephone conversations with suspicious people who introduce themselves as employees of the bank, law enforcement agencies, don’t be afraid to interrupt the conversationjust hang up;

– do not make an advance payment for goods or promised payment (service), make payment only upon their actual receipt;

– never transfer funds if your friend on a social network asks you to do so, perhaps scammers have hacked your account, first contact this person and find out if he is really asking you for money;

– on the Internet, do not follow links to unknown sites, you need to pay attention to the address bar of the site, the name of the site, whether there are any additional characters or names in the address bar, whether the site is located in the “ru” domain zone.

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