For a week, Crimeans transferred more than 19 million rubles to fraudsters

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.

22 people 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 who lost money as a result of remote fraud turned to the Yevpatoria police. The woman said that an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of a mobile operator called her through Telegram under the pretext of extending the contract. Trustingly following the instructions of the swindle, she provided remote access to her phone, as a result of which scammers gained access to the codes coming in SMS messages to personal accounts and bank accounts, and removed 60 thousand rubles.

Another resident of Yevpatoria became a victim of a fraudulent scheme «Safe score». A false employee of law enforcement agencies, having contacted Crimean through the messenger, reported suspicious operations on her banking account and the threat of transferring funds to finance the armed forces of the neighboring state. A frightened woman, acting under the guidance of scammers, translated more than 700 thousand rubles for completely unsafe accounts of scammers.

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers will deceive 31 citizen

A resident of Feodosia received a message from a friend in the messenger with a request to take money. Suspecting anything, she agreed and translated About 4 thousand rubles according to the phone number indicated in the message. Only later it turned out that the girlfriend’s account was hacked, and the message was sent by scammers.

A similar incident occurred in the Simferopol district, where a woman received a message from a friend in Telegram. Without calling her back and not making sure of whether the girlfriend really needs money, the Crimean translated more than 32 thousand rubles to scammers.

A local resident turned to the police of the Saksky district and said that in the messenger the unknown person invited him to invest in cryptocurrency, promising high profits. Having become interested, the man transferred more than 26 thousand rubles to the account indicated by the “assistant”. Subsequently, he discovered that the consultant account was deleted.

Through the installation of third -party applications and the transition from the links of their savings lost 3 people

In a group for dating in one of the social networks, a resident of the Simferopol district began communication with a woman named Elena. A new acquaintance on the first date offered to go to the cinema, and to buy tickets sent a link to the man. Crossing it, the gentleman chose a film and convenient places in the hall, entered the data of his bank card, after which the amount of tickets was credited from his account. Three thousand Rules and Elena’s page disappeared at the same moment.

A local resident appealed to the Yevpatoria police with a statement about fraud. The woman said that her bank account was aligned more than 25 thousand rubles after she crossed the unknown link. This link was sent to her by the “buyer” of the washing machine, the announcement of which she posted on the website of free ads.

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