CrimeaPRESS reports:
From July 10 to 16, Crimean police registered 103 allegations of committed remote fraud. The attackers managed to get rich at the expense of gullible citizens in the amount of 8 million 409 thousand 59 rubles.
INTERNET SITES, MESSENGERS, SOCIAL NETWORKS
51 the fact of fraudulent activities are associated with the use of social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites, as a result of which citizens have lost 4 million 154 thousand 57 rubles.
The scammers received the maximum amount of money over the past week from a resident of Simferopol. The applicant told the police that through one of the messengers he received an offer from an unknown person, who offered a profit through deposits on the stock exchange. The man transferred to a bank account indicated by an unknown 1 million 90 thousand rubles. However, he soon realized that he had fallen for a fraudster and hurried to seek the help of the police.
A resident of the city of Simferopol on the Internet site saw a posted ad for the sale of «cabin houses». Deciding to purchase the goods, the man transferred about 133 thousand rubles to the account indicated by the seller. However, after the money was debited from the applicant’s account, the seller stopped communicating with him.
CALLS
Registered in the past week 35 such crimes using phone calls. People, believing in the plausible stories of scammers, gave them 3 million 699 thousand 359 rubles.
A resident of Armyansk turned to the police for help after he received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of one of the banks. The applicant said that during the conversation, an unknown person persuaded him to transfer funds in the amount of about 450 thousand rubles to an unknown account. Telling the man about the existing threats of fraudulent attacks on the bank accounts of citizens, the false employee convinced the applicant that this would help protect his savings from criminal encroachments by fraudsters. The applicant realized that he did not have access to the new account only after the money transfer was made.
A resident of the Bakhchisarai region fell into a similar scheme of scammers. After a call from scammers, she lost more than 277 thousand rubles. As the applicant explained to the police, the fraudsters acted according to a well-known scheme — they made a call, told the woman that her bank account was in danger of being hacked by unknown people who intended to write off money. And the victim, who was in a confused state, was offered to make a transfer to a supposedly safe account.
Also, the tricks of scammers come across citizens who are called by unknown people and, using other life situations, lure large sums of money from their victims.
INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPS AND FOLLOWING LINKS
More than 555 thousand rubles disappeared from the accounts of the victims after downloading third-party applications to mobile devices and by clicking on links from unknown sources (17 facts).
The victim of fraudsters was a resident of Feodosia. As she told the police, she received calls from different numbers in the messenger. The callers posed as law enforcement officers and bank employees. Convincing the applicant that at the moment her bank accounts are being attacked by unknown people who intend to write off her savings, they persuaded her to install a third-party application to protect her bank account from hacking. After a woman installed an unknown program on her smartphone from her account through the fast payment system, funds were debited in the amount of 106 030 rubles.
A local resident contacted the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kirovsky District with a statement that the fraudster took possession of funds in the amount of more than 60 thousand rubles. As the applicant said, through one of the messengers she received a call from an unknown woman who introduced herself as an employee of one of the banks. The false employee of the financial structure told the applicant that unknown persons were attacking her bank account and trying to write off the money. After that, having misled a resident of the Kirovsky district, she suggested installing a third-party application on her mobile phone in order to protect her savings. However, after the woman downloaded a remote access program to her smartphone, about 60 thousand 399 rubles.
A local resident applied to the regional police department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Simferopol about committing fraudulent acts against him. As the police found out, the man intended to find a part-time job through a free classifieds site. So, on one of the Internet sites, he picked up an interesting offer for himself. In the course of correspondence with the “employer”, he was sent links to a questionnaire, which had to be filled out in order to continue working. However, after the man entered his personal data from his bank account, money was debited in the amount of about 12 thousand rubles.
The police once again reminds: you should never rush to make decisions regarding money. Remember! The safety of your funds depends only on you, and only you decide how to ensure their safety!
Be vigilant and follow the recommendations:
— don’t pass your bank card to unauthorized persons;
— don’t report to anyone the details of your bank card and its PIN code;
— don’t report any SMS codes, even to a bank employee;
— do not confirm transactions that you did not perform;
— don’t believe people posing as law enforcement officers and banking employees who report that any transactions are being made momentarily with your money account;
— don’t go via links unknown to you that came to you through instant messengers from third-party sources;
— do not install on your mobile phones, applications that you hear about for the first time or do not have detailed information about how they work;
— disagree for prepayment when buying or selling property through free Internet portals;
— don’t follow instructions of unknown citizens who are trying to convince you of the quick receipt of «easy» money — no one is interested in enriching you free of charge.
If you have become a victim of scammers, immediately report it to the police using a single number 102 or apply in writing to any nearest police station, or through the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea.
And source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea
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