In the period from 17 to 23 on February 23, 48 citizens became victims of distance fraudsters

-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.

ATTENTION! The police resemble!

Fraudsters call through messengers (Watsap, Telegram) on the video. A person in uniform, creating the appearance of a representative of the law enforcement officer of the bodies, reports that your money, under various pretexts, must be urgently transferred to a non -existent “safe score”.

Remember! There are no safe accounts!

Through the calls are cheated 17 citizens

A resident of the Crimean capital applied with a statement about fraud to the police. The woman said to the police that an unknown person called her, who introduced himself as an employee of Cramenergo. The caller informed the woman that it was necessary to replace the meter of electricity accounting. To confirm the replacement, it is necessary to inform the code from the SMS sent to her, which the applicant did. After a short time, she received a call allegedly from an employee of public services, who said that her personal account was hacked and for further proceedings transferred her to Rosfinmonitoring. In the future, the woman was convinced that her savings are in danger and it is urgent to transfer them to the so -called “safe score”. Without realizing the absurdity of the situation, the citizen translated more than 5 million rubles for a dictated account.

A resident of one of the villages of the Krasnoperekop region received a call from an unknown. Introducing the mobile phone operator, the caller announced the end of the contract, which will follow the ambulance of the number. To extend the contract, a false employee demanded to confirm the action on public services. After that, the young man received another call in the messenger allegedly from a specialist in the technical department of public services, who said that his savings are in danger and must be transferred to a safe account. Without understanding the situation, the guy sent more than 119 thousand rubles.

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).

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

The woman in VotsAP received calls from unknown people who impersoned the employees of Rosfinmonitoring and law enforcement agencies. Under the pretext of protecting her banking accounts from fraudulent operations and financing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the attackers forced her to translate Almost 7 million rubles for the so -called «safe account».

A resident of the Bakhchisarai district, who gave it to a similar trick. more than 1 million 500 thousand rubles. The woman transferred one part of the money through an ATM, and handed over the other to an unknown woman at a public transport stop.

An unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies called a resident of Simferopol in the Telegram messenger. Breaking and misleading, calling the man convinced the man to repay a non -existent loan, the money from which is allegedly sent to finance the prohibited organization. Under the pressure of the attacker, the applicant transferred to an account unknown to him more than 1 million 500 thousand rubles.

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

How to recognize a 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 28 citizens

A resident of Yalta at the Votsap messenger came a tempting offer of earnings with high income through the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies. The gullible resident of the resort city transferred the account indicated in the message 1 million 100 thousand rubles, however, he did not wait for the profit, and could not return his money. Realizing that he became a victim of a fraudster, he hurried to the police for help.

A resident of one of the villages of Simferopol district on the free ads website chose a vehicle for himself. Having selected the right version of the car, he contacted the seller and, discussing the terms of purchase, translated it as a pledge 180 thousand rubles. After the money was written off from the applicant’s account, the false seller stopped in touch.

A resident of the city of Feodosia lost his savings as a result of the provision of an unknown remote access to his phone. The man told the police that on the site of free ads he chose furniture for himself. To make the payment correctly, the seller convinced the Theodosian by the remote access code to “help” to manage the application in the buyer’s phone.

Thus, from the account, the men wrote off funds in the amount more than 33 thousand rubles.

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

3 The citizen came to the tricks of scammers — they crossed the links from an unknown source and established harmful applications.

A resident of the city of Yalta installed an unknown application on his mobile phone, after which funds were deducted from his account in the amount 64 thousand rubles. The man told the police that he believed the representative of the trading company, who offered additional earnings through the purchase and sale of foreign currency and promised an ambulance. For this, on the advice of the «specialist», a resident of the resort city installed an application on his smartphone through which it was necessary to transfer rubles to currency. However, after that, instead of income, the money switched to an unknown account.

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