For a week (from January 27 to February 2), 58 Crimeans became victims of distance fraudsters

The Crimean woman turned to the police, who was called a law enforcement officer unknown in the uniform of a law enforcement officer in the uniform of a telegram in the uniform. He convinced the applicant that her savings are in danger, and he will help preserve them. Throughout the week, a frightened woman, following the instructions of a false employee, listed through ATMs in different cities of the peninsula more than 7 million 400 thousand rubles for dictated details.

Another resident of Simferopol also received a similar call in the Telegram messenger. In this case, the man was notified that it was necessary to remove his cash for declaration. To do this, he must transfer them to a special person in an appointed place. A resident of the Crimean capital in the city center met an unfamiliar woman and gave her more than 2 million 700 thousand rubles.

Remember! Law enforcement officers do not call on video communications in instant messengers! There are no safe accounts

Be vigilant, do not follow the instructions received as a result of a telephone conversation. In case of doubt, complete the call!

How to recognize a scammer?

— The calling says a lot, often complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions — distracting the volume of information;

— does not give time to think, drives, asks, as soon as possible to name the code — Hurry to act;

— 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 — scares the consequences.

Through calls, Most of which were carried out through instant messengers (telegrams, VOTSAP), 34 citizens were deceived

A woman turned to the police of the Dzhankoy district who told how she lost one and a half million. In the Messenger of VotsAp, an unknown person wrote to her and offered to earn money on shares of one of the Russian companies. The applicant agreed and sent to the indicated details 1 million 500 thousand rubles that she helped out from the sale of her own apartment. Acting on the instructions of the “broker”, the Crimean woman transferred money through the bank’s cashier to the account provided.

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

In one of the social networks, a resident of Armyansk found an announcement on the sale of car parts (cardan shaft) at an affordable price. Having contacted the seller and discussing the details of the transaction, the woman transferred the bank through mobile applications 30 thousand rubles. However, after that, the seller stopped in touch; The motorist did not receive spare parts.

A resident of Simferopol turned to the police and said that he had received a message allegedly from a friend in the Telegram messenger, who asked for a bid. Without hesitation, the young man sent 10 thousand rubles to the indicated details, and then he found out that the friend’s account was hacked by attackers.

A similar situation occurred with a resident of the Simferopol district, who “occupied” 18 thousand rubles to a neighbor.

Through the click on links 3 citizens came to the tricks of scammers

A resident of Alushta applied with a statement about fraud to the police. A man through the site of free ads sold a junk hammer, but it turned out that he lost both an expensive tool and his money.

The “Buyer” responded to the announcement: wanting to purchase the goods under the pretext of transferring funds, he sent a link, arguing that he could transfer payment in this way. Without suspecting anything, the seller of the hammer crossed the link and introduced the details of his bank card, after which he was aligned more than 37 thousand rubles.

Do not follow the links on the Internet. Do not install unknown applications on your mobile phone.

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