From July 8 to July 14, fifty Crimeans became victims of remote fraudsters

• an unknown person calls on a cell phone or via instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber), introduces himself as an employee of a bank/Internet portal «Gosuslugi»/law enforcement agencies and reports that right now third parties are trying to gain access to an account or are taking out a loan in your name and that money urgently needs to be transferred to a «safe» or «reserve» account;
• an unknown person calls on a cell phone or writes via instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber), offers quick and profitable earnings by investing in the stock exchange, the stock exchange of a certain company or bank, increasing ratings on marketplaces;
• an unknown person calls on a cell phone or via instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber), introduces himself as an employee of a mobile operator and offers to improve the quality of cellular communications and the Internet;
• An unknown person writes via instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) on behalf of an acquaintance, friend, relative with a request to borrow money.

The Crimean police reminds: all this is a criminal pretext for stealing money by deception and intimidation. Do not panic, soberly assess the situation and call the appropriate institutions for clarification. Double-check the information carefully.

VIA CALLS

It is better to avoid telephone conversations with suspicious people who introduce themselves as employees of the bank, law enforcement agencies, etc.

DON’T BE AFRAID TO INTERRUPT THE CONVERSATION, HANG UP.

The police were contacted 28 citizens who suffered from the actions of telephone scammers, one of them a resident of Simferopol. She filed a complaint with the police and reported that an unknown person called her, introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and offered to assist in catching the criminals. But the criminals were very close, literally on the other end of the line. They misled the woman, playing on her feelings, and persuaded her to transfer money to their account. Not realizing the absurdity of her actions, the applicant took out a loan from the bank, sold her apartment and sent it to the specified details about 7 million rubles.

20 of the specified number of CALLS were made via messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber).

A resident of Simferopol also filed a fraud report with the police. The woman told the police that an unknown person called her on WhatsApp, introduced himself as a company curator and offered to make money on the stock exchange through investments. The woman agreed and sent 6 million rubles according to the specified details. After some time, when the dividends never arrived in the applicant’s account, the woman realized that they were scammers.

A resident of Kerch received a call on WhatsApp from an unknown person who introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and said that unknown people had issued a loan in the applicant’s name and that money needed to be transferred to cancel it. Panicking, the man sent money in the amount of 1 million rubles using the specified details, and later, after calling the bank, he found out that there was no loan, and that the people calling him were scammers.

A woman contacted the police in the Saki District and told them that an unknown person called her on the Telegram messenger and introduced himself as a bank employee. The fake employee told the complainant that right now, scammers allegedly wanted to hack her bank mobile application, and in order to prevent this, she needed to enable screen sharing and transfer money to a “safe” account. Following the instructions of the “fake” employee, the woman transferred 730 thousand rublesand later realized that she did not have access to the new account.

Have you heard these words over the phone?

— “unknown persons are now taking out a loan in your name”;

— «You need to get ahead of the scammers and transfer your funds to a safe account»;

— “an investigator/inquiry officer/bailiff/FSB operative is calling you”;

— “a criminal case has been opened against you…”;

— “the term of the agreement for using the mobile operator’s services has expired…”.

HANG UP!

VIA INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, MESSENGERS

People have fallen for the tricks of scammers who use social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites 20 citizens.

A man contacted the Simferopol district police. He told law enforcement that he wanted to buy an ATV through an online free classifieds service. The applicant found a good deal and allegedly contacted the seller, who said that he needed to make an advance payment for the product. The man agreed and transferred 370 thousand rubles to the specified details, after which the “seller” deleted the ad and blocked the applicant.

A resident of Yalta filed a fraud report with the police. The woman said that an unknown person wrote to her on the WhatsApp messenger and offered to make money on the trading platform, but first she needed to invest money so that the income would be higher. Following the instructions of the unknown person, the woman sent money to the specified account more than 175 thousand rublesbut she was unable to make any money – after the transaction, the interlocutor’s account was deleted and no one contacted the applicant again.

A resident of Simferopol received a message on WhatsApp from an alleged acquaintance who asked for a loan 40 thousand rublesWithout thinking, the woman transferred the funds to the specified details, and then found out that her friend’s account had been hacked by intruders.

VIA INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND CLICKING ON LINKS

5 citizens fell for the tricks of scammers — they followed links from an unknown source and installed malicious applications.

On the Internet, do not follow links from unknown people and do not enter your bank card details.

A resident of Yalta filed a fraud report with the police. The man reported that an unknown person called him on the Telegram messenger, introduced himself as an employee of a mobile operator and offered to improve the quality of cellular communication and the Internet. To complete the transaction, the man followed the link provided by the unknown person, where he entered his bank card details. After that, the applicant’s account was debited 300 thousand rubles.

A resident of Simferopol received a message from an unknown person in the Telegram messenger offering additional earnings on one of the marketplaces — you need to like and increase ratings. The woman agreed, and the interlocutor sent her a link under the guise of buying out the goods, after clicking on which funds in the amount of 179 thousand rubles.

source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea