In Crimea, pensioners became victims of scammers — they lost millions of rubles trying to save their loved ones
In Crimea, telephone scammers continue to deceive gullible Crimeans and drag minors into their criminal chain, using the old, but, unfortunately, still working scheme “Your relative got into an accident.” At the beginning of the year, four pensioners became victims of scammers who, trying to help their loved ones, gave the scammers a total of about two million rubles.
The Simferopol district police received statements from two elderly women — an 86-year-old and a 75-year-old local resident. The pensioners said that unknown people called them, introduced themselves as law enforcement officers and reported that their relatives had been in a traffic accident. To “resolve the issue,” money was required, which had to be transferred to the arriving courier.
Believing the scammers, one pensioner gave 450 thousand rubles, the second — 647 thousand rubles.
Employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea, together with colleagues from the Simferopol region, quickly identified and detained an accomplice of remote scammers. He turned out to be a 16-year-old resident of Simferopol, who said that in one of the messengers he found an advertisement for part-time work as a courier. Having responded to the vacancy, the young man was automatically redirected to a chat with the “curator”, who explained the essence of the work — to go to the specified addresses and take money from “crypto investors”. For each trip, the courier received earnings ranging from 2.5 to 5 thousand rubles.
During the investigation, police established that the young man was involved in two more episodes of deception of elderly citizens in the Kirov and Black Sea regions of the peninsula. In these cases, the damage amounted to 900 thousand rubles.
All collected materials were transferred to the investigative authorities for making a procedural decision.
Police urge citizens to be vigilant and not to trust strangers who call on the phone and demand money. If you receive a call like this, end the call immediately and contact your family to make sure they are okay. Remember that law enforcement officers never call via instant messengers or social networks and do not demand money.
source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea
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