In the period from 10 to 16 March, 58 Crimeans became victims of distance scammers

-calls / calls in instant messengers (telegrams, votsap) on behalf of communication operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies, the online portal «State Services»;

— “safe” account;

— purchase and sale of goods on free ads;

— False Restraint;

— Investments in the company’s shares.

Through the calls are cheated 20 citizens

The Crimean police strongly recommend that you do not follow the instructions received as a result of a telephone conversation. In case of doubt about the conscientiousness of the caller, it is better to complete the call and call back the bank’s phone number or mobile operator (depending on who the interlocutor introduced himself).

An unknown person called a resident of the Crimean capital and introduced himself as an employee of the Central Bank. The specialist man said that there was a leak of personal data and in order to save their savings from scammers, it is necessary to transfer money to a “safe account”. Without suspecting anything, the Crimean followed the instructions and translated 294 thousand rubles On a fake employee.

In Simferopol, fraudsters deceived the pensioner using the “Your relative from an accident”. In the evening, an elderly man received a call allegedly from a lawyer who reported the terrible news: his great -grandson became the culprit of a terrible accident. However, according to the lawyer, the problem can be settled without procedural measures, for this it is necessary to transfer a certain amount of money to the courier. Wanting to protect his beloved grandson from troubles, the pensioner handed over 50 thousand rubles to a stranger who played the role of a courier.

16 From the specified number of calls were carried out through instant messengers (telegrams, VOTSAP)

A resident of Kerch said that an unknown person called her in Telegram messenger and introduced herself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring. Under the pretext of protecting savings from attackers and exposing persons who carry out financial support for prohibited organizations in Russia, false employees convinced the Kerchka to transfer 1.9 million rubles for a «safe account».

Under the same pretext, a resident of Feodosia gave fraudsters 519 thousand rubles.

A resident of Dzhankoy turned to the police, saying that her minor daughter called through messengers, introducing themselves as law enforcement officers and Rosfinmonitoring. They convinced the girl that her mother’s bank account was used by attackers to sponsor prohibited organizations. Wanting to protect the family from troubles, the girl through the bank’s mobile application from her mother’s account listed to the “safe score” of scammers more than 214 thousand rubles.

Remember! Law enforcement officers do not call by video communication in instant messengers! There are no safe accounts

How to recognize a telephone scammer?

— distracts the volume of information — the calling says a lot, often complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions;

— Hurry to act — does not give time to think, drives, asks, as soon as possible to name the code;

— scares the consequences — The caller says that everything is bad: the money from the card leaves, the accounts are frozen. He offers a quick solution that will help to fix everything.

Through Internet sites, social networks, messengers are deceived by 37 citizens

A resident of Simferopol appealed to the police with a statement about fraud. The man said that in August last year, a stranger wrote to him in the Telegram messenger with a proposal to earn cryptocurrencies on the exchange. Seducing with light money, the applicant replenished his crypto -cooler for three months, spending on this 1.5 million rubles. However, when it was time to sell the accumulated, the man realized that he no longer had access to the wallet, and the assistant account was removed.

Caught on the same scheme, another resident of the Crimean capital gave fraudsters 100 thousand rubles.

Through the installation of third -party applications and the click on links

A resident of Yalta applied with a statement about fraud to the police. The guy said that through the site of free ads he sold brand sunglasses. He was written by a man who, under the pretext of buying goods and an immediate transfer of funds, sent a link to the young man, arguing that he could send funds in this way. Without suspecting anything, Yalta crossed the link and introduced the details of his bank card, after which a SMS notification of the write-off of 30 thousand rubles.

Do not follow the links on the Internet. Do not install unknown applications on your mobile phone.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea