In Crimea, over the past week, 63 citizens gave 12 million rubles to scammers. How it was

CrimeaPRESS reports:

From August 21 to August 27, police registered 63 reports of committed remote frauds in Crimea. The attackers managed to enrich themselves at the expense of gullible citizens in the amount of 12 million 502 thousand 922 rubles.

CALLS, including via messengers Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber with the logo of one of the leading banks in Crimea.

Over the past week, 33 such crimes involving phone calls have been registered. People, believing in the plausible stories of scammers, gave them 10 million 684 thousand and 483 rubles— reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

A resident of Yalta, after a scammer called him, lost more than 4 million 850 thousand rubles. An unknown person called the man and introduced himself as an employee of one of the banks. The false worker convinced the applicant that his bank account was in danger of being hacked by unknown persons who intended to debit the funds. The victim, who was in a confused state, under the pretext of protecting funds, was offered to transfer to a supposedly safe account.

A resident of Yalta turned to the police for help after an unknown person called her on her mobile phone, posing as a security officer of one of the banks. The applicant said that under the pretext of saving money, she transferred to an unknown person more than 666 thousand rubles.

A local resident contacted the Alupka police. She said that her mobile phone received a call from an unknown person via one of the popular instant messengers, who convinced the applicant that her bank account was at risk of being hacked. In order to save money, the woman transferred more than 605 thousand rubles to an unknown account.

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.

INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS.

29 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 1 million 298 thousand 64 rublesthe police said.

The scammers received the maximum amount of money over the past week from a resident of Yalta. She told the police that her bank card was linked to one of the Internet trading platforms, as a result of which more than 175 thousand rubles were debited from her money account by an unknown person.

A man contacted the Alupka police and said that he wanted to buy a car on one of the free ad sites. However, when the applicant transferred 170,000 rubles to an unknown person as a security deposit for a vehicle, he realized that he had fallen for the tricks of a fraudster. The unknown person no longer responded to messages and calls.

A man turned to one of the Simferopol police departments. He said that on a popular social network he came across an ad for the sale of hanging chandeliers. Wishing to purchase the goods, the applicant transferred more than 118 thousand rubles to the unknown person, after which the seller stopped communicating, and the man never received the goods.

INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPS AND FOLLOWING LINKS.

More than 502 thousand rubles disappeared from the bank account of the victim after clicking on a link from an unknown source (1 fact).

The victim of fraudsters was a resident of the Belogorsk district. As the man told the police, he received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of one of the banks. Under the pretext of protecting funds from fraudsters, the applicant was asked to follow a link to install a remote access application. The man fulfilled all the instructions of the attackers, after which 520 thousand 375 rubles disappeared from his bank account.

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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