In the period from March 24 to 30, 59 citizens became victims of distance fraudsters on the territory of Crimea

• calls / calls in instant messengers (telegrams, votsap) on behalf of communication operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies;
• «Safe» account;
• purchase and sale of goods on free ads;
• Investments in the company’s shares.

28 citizens are deceived through calls

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 elderly local resident turned to the police of Simferopol. The woman said that her daughter allegedly called her on a stationary phone, who informed her that she had become the culprit of a terrible accident and in order to avoid criminal liability, it was necessary to pay a large amount. Wanting to protect her relative from troubles, the applicant, acting according to the instructions of the calls, collected all her savings in the amount 1.4 million rubles and handed over to the courier.

A similar situation occurred with another resident of the Crimean capital. Under the pretext of not taking the daughter to criminal liability, she gave to fraudsters 248 thousand rubles.

785 thousand A resident of Kerch lost rubles, believing a call from the false employees of the Central Bank, who persuaded her to transfer money to a “safe account”.

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

A resident of Kerch applied to the police with a statement about fraud. The woman told the police that in the Telegram messenger, an unknown person called her, who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies. According to the caller, her bank account is used for dubious financial transactions and now she is suspected of financing the armed forces of the neighboring state. The frightened Kerchka began to deny her involvement and then the false guardian proposed to transfer savings to the so -called “safe score” so that the attackers could not use them for criminal purposes. Following the advice, the woman translated about 1.3 million rubles.

A resident of Simferopol came to the same trick, who, having believed allegedly law enforcement officers and Rosfinmonitoring, transferred to a “safe score” 1 million rubles.

Allegedly, a law enforcement officer called a resident of the Nizhnyursky district in the Vatsap messenger. The interlocutor told the woman that there was a leak of personal data, as a result of which third parties could issue loans to her name. The false guardian suggested an excited woman to issue a “mirror” loan and send money to the so -called “safe score” in order to cancel the previous applications, and at the same time save money from subsequent criminal encroachments. Acting according to the instructions of unknowns, the applicant sent more to an unidentified account 260 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 28 citizens

A resident of the Kirovsky district applied to the police with a statement. The woman told the police that the allegedly potential buyer of the sanitary chair, which she sold through the site of free ads, contacted her in the messenger. 900 thousand Rules were written off from the applicant’s account after she included the screen demonstration function, thereby providing an SMS codes access to the fraudster.

The police of Yalta received a statement from a local resident, who said that on the site of free ads intended to purchase a car. As a deposit, the woman listed 225 thousand rubles. However, when the seller stopped in touch, the applicant realized that she was a victim of fraud.

A resident of Simferopol found a travel agency page with attractive travel prices in Telegram. Choosing a suitable tour, she translated 18 500 rubles, and then found that the page was deleted.

Through the installation of third -party applications and the crossing of the links, 3 citizens are deceived

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

The Telegram messenger presents the IT-boost of the IT assistant of the Crimea Ministry of Internal Affairs @mvd_ru_robot, where you can write a question and find out about fraudulent schemes, and how to protect yourself from them

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