In Crimea, online scammers are scamming not only the elderly. Ministry of Internal Affairs statistics show

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Of the 111 victims of scammers last week, only 41 were elderly.

In Crimea, from January 22 to January 28, 111 citizens became victims of remote scammers, of which 41 were elderly. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea — about how criminals operate.

CALLS.

50 citizens who suffered from the actions of scammers using this scheme contacted the police.

In most cases, scammers call using logos of well-known banks and introduce themselves as specialists from financial institutions or law enforcement officers. They intimidate victims with stories that unknown people are making suspicious transactions in their accounts and trying to steal money. Then they propose, in order to preserve savings, to transfer money to so-called “reserve” accounts, convincing citizens that their money will be safe this way and attackers will not be able to cash it out. However, it is not! Unsuspecting victims transfer large sums to the accounts dictated by the scammers, after which the calls stop, and the victims realize that they do not have access to new accounts— said the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.

A local resident contacted the Kerch police after becoming a victim of a scammer. An unknown person called the man and introduced himself as an employee of the financial monitoring service. Under the pretext of preventing unknown persons from obtaining a loan, he fraudulently took possession of the applicant’s funds.

A resident of Feodosia told police that unknown people called her from different numbers and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. Having misled the applicant, the attackers took possession of the funds.

A resident of the city of Saki told the police that they called her on a landline phone and, under the pretext of helping her daughter resolve the issue of not bringing the latter to criminal responsibility for involvement in an accident, they took away the money.

28 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 Simferopol told police officers that an unknown person called her through the Telegram messenger and introduced himself as a police officer. The caller said that the bank account information had become known to scammers and it was necessary to take out a loan to cancel the attackers’ application. Succumbing to panic, the woman took out a loan and sent money to the specified details.

A resident of Simferopol told police that an unknown person called her via WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as an employee of the financial monitoring service. The caller said that unknown people were trying to get a loan in the applicant’s name and suggested that she get a “mirror” loan and supposedly put the money in a safe deposit box.

A resident of Feodosia reported fraud to the police. The man reported that an unknown person called him via WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as a bank employee. Under the pretext of saving money, the caller fraudulently took possession of the applicant’s money.

INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS.

Over the past week, 42 ​​cases of fraudulent activity were associated with the use of social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites.

On free classifieds sites and in groups on social networks, attackers post:
– advertisements for the sale of various goods;
– job offers via Internet sites;
– information about easy earnings through investments.

A resident of Simferopol filed a fraud complaint with the police. The man reported that he found the necessary product on one of the Internet services for posting advertisements. I wrote to the “seller”, who, as it turned out later, turned out to be a fraudster and, having misled the applicant, fraudulently stole funds.

A resident of Dzhankoy told police that an unknown person, using a social network, offered to increase income by investing. But as it turned out later, it was a fraudulent manipulation.

INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOWING LINKS.

19 citizens fell for scammers, followed links from an unknown source and installed malicious applications.

A resident of Kerch contacted the police, saying that in the evening an unknown person called her via the WhatsApp messenger and introduced himself as a law enforcement officer. The caller reported that third parties, using fraudulent schemes, are trying to steal money. To prevent the “attackers” from doing this, on the recommendation of the caller, the woman installed an unknown program on her phone, after which the money was debited from her account.

A resident of Simferopol was selling a robot vacuum cleaner on the website. She received a call from an unknown caller who intended to buy a product. To make an alleged prepayment, the attacker sent the applicant a link, following which she entered her card details. After this, all funds were debited from the woman’s account.

The police once again reminds:

Don’t rush into decisions regarding money. Remember! The security of your financial assets depends only on you!

Be vigilant and follow the recommendations:

– do not believe people who present themselves as law enforcement officers and banking employees who report that any transactions are being made with your money account at the moment;

– do not follow unknown links received to you via messengers from third-party sources;

– do not install applications on your mobile phones that you are hearing about for the first time or do not have detailed information about how they work;

– do not follow the instructions of unknown citizens trying to convince you of quick “easy” money – no one is interested in helping you get rich for free.

If you have become a victim of scammers, immediately report it to the police by calling 102 or submit a written statement to any nearest police station.

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