In one day, remote scammers were able to deceive fourteen residents of the peninsula

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Over the past 24 hours, in the Republic of Crimea, police officers registered 14 cases of remote fraud, 5 of which were disclosed.

Remote theft most often occurs through telephone calls. To carry out their criminal schemes, fraudsters use techniques and methods of psychological influence, under which people voluntarily transfer their savings or disclose personal information, allowing criminals to easily manipulate accounts— said the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.

Online scammers managed to swindle the maximum amount of money out of a resident of the Crimean capital over the past 24 hours. A Simferopol resident became a victim of scammers, losing almost half a million rubles. In the Telegram messenger, he received a message from an unknown contact with an offer to increase his income by booking hotels on one of the Internet sites. After clarifying some details from the man (gender, age, city of residence, profession), the subscriber sent a link to a website with a list of hotels and tasks that needed to be completed. For each hotel room reservation, the man had to transfer some amounts of money, which, according to the “employer,” would be returned to him with interest. As a result, a resident of Simferopol transferred 456 thousand rubles to the scammer, but did not receive a return of his money, much less the promised bonuses.

The Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Alushta received several applications from citizens who, intending to rent apartments in Alushta through advertisements on a social network, transferred money to the account provided by the “owner” of the housing, 3000, 4250 and 5900 rubles, but were left with nothing. The police managed to identify the attacker. As a result of operational search activities, criminal investigation officers detained a resident of Yevpatoria suspected of fraud.

In Simferopol, a local resident contacted the police after becoming a victim of psychological pressure and deception. According to the applicant, she received a call from an unfamiliar caller who introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and said that her son had allegedly been detained while trying to sell drugs, and he was facing criminal liability, and possibly even imprisonment. Intimidating the woman with increasingly unpleasant consequences for her son, the fake policeman offered to “resolve the issue” for a reward. The alarmed mother did not think to double-check the information, but rushed to collect money to save her child. The woman gave 150 thousand rubles to a courier who arrived at her place of residence. After the deception was revealed, the woman contacted the police. A suspect in fraud, a resident of the city of Simferopol, was detained by operatives.

Criminal cases have been initiated for all cases of fraudulent activity discovered. Police officers are carrying out operational search activities.

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