Five Sevastopol residents transferred half a million rubles to the scammers. Credibility comes at a cost

Dear citizens, remember: Using banking and law enforcement terminology, criminals often report that an application for a loan was allegedly submitted on your behalf using a notarized power of attorney, or that an attempt was recorded to unauthorizedly debit money from your account. It is worth noting that to implement a criminal scheme, attackers are increasingly using popular instant messengers and logos of banking and law enforcement agencies.

Supposedly, to protect savings and prevent theft, scammers offer to carry out certain manipulations in your personal online banking account or transfer money to “safe accounts.” By following the instructions of false bank employees and false law enforcement officers, victims lose all their savings.

Sevastopol police urge citizens to be vigilant and remember that calls reporting any problems with a bank account come exclusively from remote scammers!

source: press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol