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“How many of them have fallen into this abyss…” — the number of victims of online scammers in Crimea has replenished by 64 people

CrimeaPRESS reports:

People lost (some through stupidity, some out of ignorance, some out of gullibility) 8.5 million rubles.

From July 3 to July 9, 64 reports of committed remote frauds were registered in Crimea. The attackers managed to enrich themselves at the expense of gullible citizens in the amount of 8 million 502 thousand rubles.

INTERNET SITES, MESSENGERS, SOCIAL NETWORKS.

31 facts of fraudulent activities are associated with the use of social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites, as a result of which citizens have lost 4.5 million rubles— reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

The scammers received the maximum amount of money over the past week from a resident of Yalta. The applicant told the police that she had made a money transfer through one of the Internet sites in order to make a profit on her investment. The woman transferred 3 million 140 thousand rubles to the bank account indicated on the website. However, she soon realized that she had fallen for scammers and hurried to seek the help of the police.

A resident of the city of Yalta in one social network saw a posted ad for the sale of a smartphone. Having decided to purchase a new mobile gadget for himself, the man transferred about 13 thousand rubles through the mobile application of his bank to the account indicated by the seller. However, after the money was debited from the applicant’s account, the goods never arrived, and the seller stopped communicating with him.

CALLS.

Over the past week, 23 such crimes involving phone calls have been registered. People, believing in the plausible stories of scammers, gave them 3 million 223 thousand rubles— noted in the Crimean police.

A resident of the Krasnogvardeisky district turned to the police for help after he received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as a law enforcement officer. The man said that during the conversation, an unknown person persuaded him to transfer funds in the amount of 320 thousand rubles to an unknown account. The false employee convinced the applicant that this would help protect his savings from criminal attacks by fraudsters. However, only after the money transfer was made, the man realized that he did not have access to the new account.

Yalta police registered a statement received from a local resident. The applicant received a call on a landline phone from an unknown person who introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and said that close relatives of a man who live in another city became participants in an accident. Entering the man into a panic, an unknown person lured 100 thousand rubles from him. Only after the applicant contacted his relatives did he realize that he had fallen into a fraudulent scheme.

Also, the tricks of scammers come across citizens who are called by unknown people and, using other life situations, lure large sums of money from their victims.

INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPS AND FOLLOWING LINKS.

About 779 thousand rubles disappeared from the accounts of the victims after downloading third-party applications to mobile devices and by clicking on links from unknown sources (10 facts)— said the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

A local resident turned to the territorial police department of the city of Simferopol with a statement that the fraudster had taken possession of money for a total amount of about 290 thousand rubles. According to the applicant, through one of the messengers she received a call from an unknown person with the logo of the bank. The opponent introduced himself as a bank employee and convinced her to install a third-party application on her mobile phone in order to protect savings in bank accounts. However, after the woman downloaded the remote access program, an unknown person issued a loan in her name in the amount of 259,500 rubles, and also debited about 30,000 rubles from her bank account.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Leninsky District received a message about the commission of fraudulent actions against a resident of St. Petersburg. As the police found out, an unknown person introduced himself as a bank employee in one of the messengers and convinced her to install a third-party application on her mobile phone. According to the attacker, this allegedly could help the woman save her savings in her bank account from criminal attempts. However, after installing the application, funds in the amount of 230 thousand rubles were debited from the woman’s account.

A resident of one of the villages of the Leninsky district became a victim of fraudsters operating through Internet sites. He placed an advertisement for the sale of goods on one of the Internet sites. A “buyer” responded to his ad and said that he would make an online payment for the goods, after which he sent a link to fill in the account details. The applicant entered the personal details of his bank account for the transfer of funds. However, as a result, funds in the amount of 6 thousand rubles were debited from the man’s card.

The police once again remind:

Never be in a hurry to make money decisions. Remember, the safety of your funds depends only on you, and only you decide how to ensure their safety.

Be vigilant and follow the recommendations:

— do not give your bank card to unauthorized persons;
— do not tell anyone the details of your bank card and its PIN code;
— do not provide any SMS codes, even to a bank employee;
— do not confirm transactions that you did not perform;
— do not believe people who introduce themselves as law enforcement officers and banking employees who report that any transactions are being made momentarily with your money account;
— do not follow links unknown to you that came to you through instant messengers from third-party sources;
— do not install on your mobile phones applications that you hear about for the first time or do not have detailed information about how they work;
— do not agree to prepayment when buying or selling property through free Internet portals;
— do not follow the instructions of unknown citizens who are trying to convince you to quickly receive «easy» money — no one is interested in enriching you for free.

If you have become a victim of scammers, immediately report it to the police at a single number 102 or apply in writing to any nearest police station, or through the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea.

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