During the week, cyberferors were enriched at the expense of the inhabitants of Crimea by more than 32 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;

— purchase and sale of goods on free ads;

— Investments in the company’s shares.

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers, 26 people were deceived

A local resident addressed the G. Simferopol police, who told how he became a victim of scammers. The man on the site of free ads found information about the sale of non -alcoholic beverages. Having moved with the seller to further discuss the details of the transaction to the VOTSAP messenger, I agreed on the wholesale delivery of drinks for a large amount. When the buyer transferred an account to the indicated false salesman 1 million 900 thousand rublesthe connection with the supplier of the goods was sharply interrupted. The man never waited for the paid goods.

A local resident turned to the police of the Saksky district and said that she posted information on the sale of an exercise bike on the announcement website. The buyer responded to the announcement, who proposed for convenience to continue discussing the goods in the Telegram messenger. Having clarified some details, the unknown reported that he was ready to pay, but to confirm the money transfer, she must inform the code from the SMS, which will now go to her phone number. The applicant followed the indication of the unknown, as a result of which money was written off from her bank card in the amount of more 24 thousand rubles.

12 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).

The residents of Simferopol, the Black Sea, Saksky, Simferopol and Nizhnyansky districts hit the scheme of the “your relative” over the past week. Unknown people called the Crimeans and seemed to be lawyers and acquaintances of their relatives, who allegedly became the culprits of the accident. Attackers intimidated citizens with criminal liability, which threatens their relatives who became the culprits of incidents. To save their loved ones, citizens transferred money to the «couriers» in the amount of 145 thousand to a million rubles.

An unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the financial service of monitoring called a resident of Kerch. The attacker convinced the woman that she urgently needed to protect her savings from scammers. The woman hastened to transfer money to the “safe” account of about a “safe” account 200 thousand rubles.

26 Calls were carried out through instant messengers (telegrams, votsap)

Two similar statements were received with the statement of fraud to the police and Yalta. Citizens told the police that they received calls from unknown subscribers from different numbers to Messengers of Telegram and WotSAP. The calling people seemed to be mobile officers, and then they transferred a conversation to allegedly law enforcement officials. Fraudsters first told their victims that they had information about funds by which citizens did not provide the necessary documents to the tax service, after which they demanded that they submit a declaration. As a result, citizens transferred money to scammers in the amount of more 1.5 million rubles And 2 million rubles.

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

A resident of Simferopol appealed to the police with a statement about fraud. He said that on the Internet he saw an announcement about the sale of an automatic gearbox for a car, a link for payment was also attached inside. After the man crossed the link from his banking account, money in total more 31 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 with a written statement to any nearest police department.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea