In just one day, scammers made four residents of Sevastopol poorer by two and a half million

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Over the past 24 hours, the Sevastopol police were contacted by four citizens aged from 20 to 72 years old who had suffered from scammers using the most common criminal schemes. The total amount of material damage amounted to 2 million 447 thousand rubles. The theft of funds occurred under the pretext of protecting money in a bank account and under the pretext of buying and selling cryptocurrency.

Under the pretext of protecting money in a bank account.

Three local residents aged from 59 to 72 years old became victims of telephone scammers who introduced themselves as employees of a regional commercial bank and a law enforcement officer. The scammers told two pensioners and an occupational safety specialist that they were trying to steal their money in their bank accounts, so they needed to transfer it to “safe accounts.” In two cases, women independently transferred savings to bank accounts controlled by the scammers, and in one of the cases, the victim sent the scammer a photo of her bank card. The total amount of damage was 413 thousand rubles.

Remember: alleged problems with your money, as well as transfers to a “safe” or “reserve” account, are scammers’ tricks! Never follow instructions given to you over the phone, otherwise you will lose all your money,” emphasized the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

Under the pretext of buying and selling cryptocurrency.

Having discovered an announcement in the messenger about making fabulous profits on a crypto exchange, a 20-year-old third-year student decided that this was his chance to get rich quickly. He transferred more than 2 million rubles to the fraudster, and when the easy profit scheme did not work, the victim contacted the police.

Remember: offers of fast, easy and high earnings that require your financial investment come only from scammersthe police remind.

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