In Sevastopol, three local residents “presented” scammers for almost one and a half million rubles

Krympress reports:

In all cases, attackers used a scheme with an imaginary “safe account”, convincing the victims of the need for urgent transfer of money.

The first was the 56-year-old man who was called by a person who introduced himself as an FSB officer. Under the pretext of protecting funds from scammers, he convinced Sevastopol to transfer 1 million 105 thousand rubles with five separate payments.

A 21-year-old self-employed girl lost 70 thousand rubles after the calls of unknown people who convinced her of the need to transfer money to a “safe score”. A similar situation occurred with a 48-year-old individual entrepreneur who thus gave scammers 225 thousand rubles.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Sevastopol recalls, that employees of banks, law enforcement agencies and state institutions never ask to transfer money by phone. Upon receipt of such calls, you should immediately get a pipe and inform the police by calling 102. It is especially important to warn older relatives about such fraud schemes.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Sevastopol

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