During the week, Crimeans made scammers richer more than 17 million rubles

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.

18 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).

A local resident turned to the police of Simferopol with a statement about fraud to the police of Simferopol. He said that in the Telegram messenger he received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies. The interlocutor told the man that there was a leak of personal data and scammers were trying to get a loan in his name. Following the instructions of the caller, the applicant went and issued two “mirror loans” in different banks, supposedly preventing the attackers, and then transferred money, including his personal savings, to the so -called “safe score” and lost more than 5 million rubles.

An elderly resident of Alushta received a call allegedly from a false law enforcement officer. Having contacted her in the Watsap messenger, the unknown person told the Crimean that her bank account was used for dubious financial transactions and now she is suspected of financing the armed forces of the neighboring state. In order to protect his savings from criminals, the false guardian offered to transfer money to the so -called “safe score” so that the fraudsters could not use her savings for criminal purposes. Following the advice, the woman lost her more than 3.7 million rubles.

8 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 3.7 million rubles.

For example, a 87-year-old resident of Simferopol from an unknown number supposedly her daughter called, who said that she had become a member of a terrible car accident-people were injured through her fault. In order to avoid criminal liability, you need to pay a large amount. Having collected all her savings, the pensioner handed them to the unknown person, who was sent by scammers.

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!

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers will deceive 21 people

In Yalta, the woman reported the police about fraud. The unknown in the messenger deceived her minor daughter, offering to buy a game currency. The 11-year-old girl, wanting to improve her capabilities in a computer game, translated a fraudster from a parent card 250 thousand rubles.

A resident of Yalta on one of the announcement sites looked at himself an ATV. Having contacted the seller through the messenger and discussing all the nuances, the man translated 80 thousand rubles. However, later the seller ceased to communicate.

In a messenger, a resident of the Leninsky district wrote an unknown person and proposed to earn extra money. The work is not dusty — to leave reviews under the goods on one of the trading platforms. However, instead of the promised profit, the man lost 118 thousand rubles.

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

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