During the week, cyberfires were enriched at the expense of the inhabitants of Crimea by 33 million rubles

— 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 are deceived by 33 people

A resident of the Yalta resort city applied to the police with a statement. The woman told police officers that in the Telegram messenger she received a message allegedly from the director of the educational institution in which she works as a teacher. The false Director said that on her account there is an amount that needs to be urgently declared. A little later, a law enforcement officer contacted her, who later convinced the citizen that her apartment was put up for auction by third parties. The frightened Crimean woman followed the instructions of the so -called law enforcement officer sold the apartment and put the money proceeds from the sale on a “safe” account. Thus, scammers were enriched almost on 7 million rubles.

A resident of Simferopol became a victim of fraudsters, who, introducing themselves to law enforcement officers and the Central Bank, wrote to her in Telegram. They convinced the woman that her account was used to finance the armed forces of the neighboring state. The frightened Crimean translated more than 1.6 million rubles for a “safe” account of attackers.

Four residents of Yevpatoria lost their savings, deciding to increase their income on the cryptocurrency exchange. Following the instructions of the broker in the correspondence in Telegram, they invested in a “profitable business” more than 1.9 million rubles. Fraudsters received benefits.

25 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 resident of Simferopol told the police that in the Telegram messenger she received calls allegedly from employees of the Central Bank and law enforcement agencies. First, the woman was informed of the leak of personal data, as a result of which a loan was issued in her name. Then, the excited Crimean woman was invited to settle everything: to issue a “mirror” loan and send money to a “safe” account in order to cancel the previous applications for a monetary loan, and at the same time protect money from the following criminal attacks. Despite the fact that the applicant was informed of distance fraud, she believed the unknown who “took care” about the preservation of her savings, and gave it to the attackers 3.9 million rubles.

Another resident of Simferopol came across the “safe” scheme. Having believed allegedly a law enforcement officer who called the Vatsap messenger, the woman transferred to the specified details more than 3.4 million rubles.

A resident of the Saksky district applied to the police with a statement about fraud. She said that in the Telegram messenger, an unknown person called her, who introduced himself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring. Under the pretext of updating the single personal account number and the conservation of funds, the attacker convinced her to translate more than 2.3 million rubles for the details indicated by him.

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