From May 2 to May 6, 34 Crimeans became victims of remote scammers

Via CALLS

The police were contacted 18 citizens affected by telephone scammers.

The Crimean police remind you: double-check the information carefully! If you were informed by phone that some transactions are taking place with your account, or that unknown people are trying to steal your savings, you urgently need to transfer money to a secure account — hang up and personally call the bank’s hotline to clarify reliable information! Don’t follow instructions from strangers!

A resident of the Krasnogvardeisky district contacted the police with a statement and reported that the phone received a call from an unknown person, who introduced himself as an employee of the financial monitoring service and reported suspicious transactions in the personal account of the State Services service. After which, under the pretext of saving money, he took possession of the man’s savings.

A resident of the Dzhankoy district told the police that she received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as a specialist consultant at a brokerage firm and, under the pretext of earning additional income by investing on a brokerage exchange, took possession of the woman’s money.

REMEMBER! Law enforcement officers will never call via mobile phone or instant messenger!

10 of the specified number of CALLS were made through instant messengers, including using the logo of one of the leading banks in Crimea.

A resident of the Kirovsky district received a call from an unknown person via WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as a bank security officer. Under the pretext of saving funds, he invited the applicant to transfer money to a supposedly safe account. Next, the unknown person sent the woman a login and password to enter her personal account in the banking application. After entering the data, the applicant began to receive SMS messages with access codes, which she told the unknown person. Later, the woman discovered that the funds had been written off.

Did you hear these words on the phone?

– “someone is applying for a loan for you right now”;

– “you need to get ahead of the scammers and hide your funds in a safe account”;

– “an investigator/interrogator/bailiff/FSB operative is calling you”;

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

– “You need to update your personal data…”.

Hang up!

Through INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, MESSENGERS

I fell for the tricks of scammers who use social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites 14 citizens.

Remember that you need to be very careful on the Internet. You should not trust strangers offering easy or quick money. If an acquaintance writes to you asking for a loan of money, you should call him back personally and make sure that his account has not been hacked by unknown people. When purchasing an item or service, make sure that they are not scammers — pay for the goods after receiving them, buy only from a trusted person who was previously purchased by yourself or someone you know.

A resident of Yevpatoria filed a fraud complaint with the police. The woman reported that through a social network, under the pretext of selling knives, an unknown person took possession of her money.

A resident of Simferopol told the police that an unknown person, using Telegram and WhatsApp messengers, under the pretext of increasing income by trading on a brokerage platform, took possession of funds.

Through INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOWING LINKS

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

A resident of Yalta contacted the police, saying that an unknown person called her and, under the pretext of extending a contract with a mobile operator, gained access to the personal account of the State Services service. After which, an SMS message was sent to the applicant’s mobile phone stating that her account on State Services had allegedly been hacked and that to change her password she needed to call the bank’s hotline. Having called, during a conversation with an alleged bank employee and under the pretext of the need to transfer funds to a secure account, the unknown person convinced the applicant to install a Google account on her mobile phone. After which all the money disappeared from the woman’s account.

Crimean police remind you to avoid becoming a victim of scammers, you need to know the following:

– employees of any bank never ask for your card details (card number, expiration date, secret code on the back of the card), since they have your data;

– never tell anyone your passwords or secret codes that you receive in an SMS message from the bank; remember that only scammers ask for secret passwords that come to you in an SMS message from the bank;

– it is better to avoid telephone conversations with suspicious people who introduce themselves as employees of the bank, law enforcement agencies, don’t be afraid to interrupt the conversationjust hang up;

– do not make an advance payment for goods or promised payment (service), make payment only upon their actual receipt;

– never transfer funds if your friend on a social network asks you to do so, perhaps scammers have hacked your account, first contact this person and find out if he is really asking you for money;

– on the Internet, do not follow links to unknown sites, you need to pay attention to the address bar of the site, the name of the site, whether there are any additional characters or names in the address bar, whether the site is located in the “ru” domain zone.

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