In the period from March 3 to 9, 61 Crimeans 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!

There are no safe accounts!

Through calls, 4 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).

A resident of the Simferopol district received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring. The caller told the man that his savings are in danger and it was urgent to transfer them to the so -called “safe score”. Explining for the preservation of his savings, the Crimean followed the instructions of the false employee and translated more than 2 million rubles to the accounts of telephone swords. The man transferred part of the money through the application of the Internet bank, and he cashed part and transferred it through the terminal.

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

A resident of Simferopol applied with a statement about fraud to the police. The woman said that in the Telegram messenger she received calls allegedly from law enforcement officials and federal treasury. They informed the Crimean woman about the “dangerous situation”: there was a leak of personal data and now all her savings can go into the hands of scammers. Frightened, the applicant followed the instructions, cashed more than 1 million 200 thousand rubles and transferred all the money to the «Reserve Accounts of the Federal Treasury.»

A similar incident occurred with a resident of the Crimean capital. According to the urgent recommendation of the “competent authorities” who called the telegram to the same accounts of the “Federal Treasury”, Simferopol translated more than 1 million 100 thousand rubles.

A resident of the Simferopol district nearly fell on the same fraudulent scheme. A false law enforcement officer called her in the Watsap messenger, who, under the pretext of protecting savings, tried to convince her 3 million rubles for a «safe account». However, the woman showed vigilance and did not let herself deceive, reporting an attempt to fraud to the police.

A resident of Yalta turned to the police, who said that scammers had acted on his minor son, as a result of which the man lost a large amount of money.

In the Telegram messenger, an unknown person called a 17-year-old guy who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies. The caller informed the young man that his parents were facing criminal liability, since they did not declare their savings. Wanting to protect loved ones from troubles, the guy followed the advice of the «law enforcement officer» and listed more than 1 million 200 thousand rubles for the account indicated by the fraudster.

Remember! Law enforcement officers do not call on video communications 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, 41 citizen were deceived

A resident of one of the villages of the Razdolnensky district on the site of free ads sold a land plot. One day, a man contacted her who announced his readiness to make a deposit for the ground. Under the pretext that he allegedly does not go to translate and it would be more convenient for him to see the seller’s details himself, the “buyer” asked the woman to turn on the broadcast of the smartphone screen. By providing access to the phone, so the woman provided the unknown access to her accounts, having lost 270 thousand rubles.

A resident of the Black Sea district looked at the lumber from the manufacturer with delivery to the Crimea on the site of free ads. The price absolutely suited the buyer, and he contacted the supplier. Having clarified all the details of the transaction, the final cost and price of delivery, a resident of the Black Sea region through the application of his online banking translated more 170 thousand At the expense that the owner of the announcement indicated him. However, after the money was written off from the account of the man, the false seller stopped in touch.

A resident of Sudak in Messenger Telegram received a call: a friend asked for a debt 7 thousand rubles. The woman, not suspecting that it could be fraudsters, immediately transferred funds to a score dictated by a “girlfriend”. However, later it turned out that the voice was generated by artificial intelligence and belonged to fraudsters, and a resident of Sudak was a victim of a criminal scheme.

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

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

A resident of the Leninsky district on one of the sites found a part -time job — it was necessary to translate the video into text messages. After completing the task in the Telegram messenger, the customer supposedly contacted the girl, who, under the pretext of paying for work, sent a link where the applicant indicated her phone number. Soon Crimean was a warning about a write -off of 4 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