In a week, scammers received more than 17 million rubles from Crimeans

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;

— Your relative got into an accident;

— purchase and sale of goods on free ads;

— Investments in the company’s shares.

21 people will deceive 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).

In Yalta, a local resident appealed to the police with a statement of fraud. The woman said that an unknown person called her, introducing himself as an employee of the tax service, and said that her savings are in danger, so all the money must be transferred to the tax, where nothing threatens them. Having suspected something was amiss, she interrupted the conversation and turned to the police, where she was confirmed by fears and handed a memo. However, scammers did not intend to give up so quickly and a few days later the applicant again received a call allegedly from the tax. This time, despite the warnings of police officers, the citizen believed the speakers of the scammers and handed over 700 thousand rubles cash sending courier.

In Simferopol, a local resident turned to the police, who became a victim of scammers acting according to the same common scheme. The unknown, introducing himself as an employee of law enforcement, convinced the applicant that her savings were in danger. Under the pretext of “salvation” of money, the fraudster provided the details of the allegedly safe account, to which the victim and transferred more than 700 thousand rubles.

Another resident of Simferopol, the false guardian informed on the phone that suspicious activity was recorded on her bank account: someone is trying to transfer savings to financing the armed forces of the neighboring state. A frightened woman, following the instructions of the scammers, translated more than 500 thousand rubles On a «safe» account provided by scammers.

A woman turned to the police of the Simferopol district, who said that an unknown person called her minor to her minor and, under the pretext of receiving a gift in a computer game, convinced the boy to send photographs of the parents’ banking card. Wanting to receive the promised gift, the student fulfilled all the conditions. However, instead of a gift from the card of his mother, it was written off more than 40 thousand rubles.

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers are deceived 39 citizens

A victim of the swindles was an entrepreneur from Yalta. The attacker who pretending to be the founder of the company contacted him through the Telegram messenger. Under the pretext of paying for agreements, the fraudster managed to kidnap the Yalta businessman About 800 thousand rubles.

A resident of the Dzhankoy district, planning a long trip to Simferopol, was engaged in the search for an apartment. She found a suitable option on a social network. Having contacted the “lessor” and discussing all the nuances, the girl made an advance payment in the amount 6 thousand rubles. However, after that, the connection with the owner of the apartment was interrupted.

On one of the sites of free ads, a resident of Dzhankoy looked at himself for the motorcycle of Suzuki and contacted the seller. Having agreed on the purchase, the man transferred 90 thousand rubles to the specified account. After that, the seller deleted the announcement and stopped answering calls and messages.

Through the installation of third -party applications and the transition from the links of their savings lost 2 people

A resident of Sevastopol came to the Yalta police who came to rest. The young man said that a girl named Valeria contacted him in the messenger. Under the pretext of buying tickets for the theater performance, she sent him a link allegedly to the theater’s online cashier. Sevastopolets entered the data of his bank card, and he wrote off 7 thousand rubles. However, he never received tickets, and the girl stopped responding to messages.

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