Crimeans continue to finance scammers — 31 million rubles were given in a week

Schemes used by cyberfers according to the results of the past week:

— calls / calls in instant messengers (telegrams, votsap) on behalf of communication operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies;

— “safe” account;

— Your relative got into an accident;

— purchase and sale of goods on free ads;

— Investments in the company’s shares.

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers are deceived by 48 people

A man from Kerch in search of additional earnings found a site on the Internet, which guaranteed a high income from investment in cryptocurrency. For about two months, he regularly transferred funds to these details, receiving in return fake notifications of the growth of his capital. However, when he tried to withdraw his funds, he found that there were no money in the account. As a result, the Kerchin suffered losses in the amount 5 million rubles.

A resident of Simferopol appealed to the police with a statement of fraud. She said that an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies contacted her in Telegram messenger. Acting according to the worked out scheme, the fraudster informed the girl that a criminal case was instituted against her, since money transfers aimed at financing the armed forces of the neighboring state were recorded on her behalf. When the girl said that she had not done anything like this, the attacker convinced the victim that the leakage of her personal data occurred, which the scammers took advantage of. To protect the accumulations, he proposed transferring money to a “safe account”. The confusing Crimean was followed by the instructions, and sent Over 3.6 million rubles to the accounts of attackers.

A resident of the Crimean capital lost 2.9 million rubles, hoping for the help of a stranger. An unknown person contacted her in Telegram, who offered a service in cashing cryptocurrencies. Having trusted, the woman gave him access to her cryptocurrency. However, instead of the promised cashing from the electronic account, all the money disappeared.

33 citizens are deceived through calls

The Crimean police strongly recommend that you do not follow the instructions received as a result of a telephone conversation. In case of doubt about the conscientiousness of the caller, it is better to complete the call and call back the bank’s phone number or mobile operator (depending on who the interlocutor introduced himself).

Residents of Crimea continue to become victims of scammers using the same schemes of deception.

A resident of Yalta informed the police that an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies called him in Telegram. The caller told the applicant that unlawful actions were being carried out with his account and it is urgent to send savings to a “safe” account. Rushing and intimidating the man, the «law enforcement officer» convinced him to translate About 2.9 million rubles for an account. Later, the Crimean realized that he had believed fraudsters.

A similar situation occurred with a resident of Simferopol. An unknown person called a person who introduced himself as an employee of the Central Bank. Under the pretext of protecting her money from attackers, he convinced the girl to transfer all her savings in the amount 1 million rubles for a «safe account».

11 calls were made according to the scheme «Your relative was in an accident»

Attackers call older citizens and are submitted by law enforcement officers, medical workers, investigators, lawyers or even family members. They convince pensioners that their loved ones were in a terrible car or became the perpetrators, and in order to help them, it is necessary to transfer money to the authorized person.

Thus, the peninsula, wanting to help his loved ones and relatives, transmitted more than 4 million rubles.

A 77-year-old resident of Simferopol was called a supposedly law enforcement officer. The caller told the pensioner that her daughter became the culprit of a car accident in which people were injured. If she does not want her relative to become a defendant in the criminal case, it is necessary to transfer a large amount of cash to a powerful person. Concerned about the fate of the daughter, Crimean followed the instructions of the swindler and gave 1.4 million rubles arriving courier. Later it turned out that there was no accident and everything was in order with her daughter.

The police calls for citizens to be vigilant and be sure to tell relatives and friends about the existence of such fraudulent schemes. When such phone calls come, it is important to immediately stop the conversation!

Remember! Law enforcement officers do not call by messengers! There are no safe accounts!

Through the installation of third -party applications and the crossing of the links of their savings was lost by 1 citizen

How to recognize a telephone scammer?

— distracts the volume of information — the calling says a lot, often complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions;

— Hurry to act — does not give time to think, drives, asks, as soon as possible to name the code;

— scares the consequences — The caller says that everything is bad: the money from the card leaves, the accounts are frozen. He offers a quick solution that will help to fix everything.

Be vigilant and follow the recommendations:

-Do not believe people who are representing law enforcement officers and employees of the banking sector who report that any transactions are made momentarily with your money account;

— Do not cross the unknown links that you received through instant messengers from third -party sources;

— Do not install applications on your mobile phones, which you first hear or do not have detailed information about how they work;

— Do not follow the instructions of unknown citizens trying to convince you of quickly receiving «easy» money — no one is interested in helping you enrich yourself free of charge;

If you are a victim of scammers, immediately report this to the police by a single number 102 or apply to a written statement to any nearest police department.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea (video press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Mordovia)