CrimeaPRESS reports:
And only 14 of them are elderly people.
From March 25 to March 31, 63 citizens became victims of remote scammers in Crimea, of which 14 were elderly. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea recalled: the main schemes of attackers are related to calls (from “law enforcement officers” or “from a bank”), websites, social networks, instant messengers, malicious applications and clicking on “left” links. But there are also new “variations” (more on this at the end of the material).
INTERNET SITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, MESSENGERS.
33 citizens fell for the tricks of scammers who use social networks, instant messengers and Internet sites.
On free classifieds sites and in groups on social networks, attackers post:
– advertisements for the sale of various goods;
– job offers via Internet sites;
– information about easy earnings through investments.
A local resident contacted the Feodosia police and reported that an unknown person, acting on behalf of one of the organizations, had sent her an invoice to her work email to pay for the purchase of an electric stacker. The woman made payment for the goods, but later it turned out that she had become a victim of fraud.
Fraudsters hack the user’s personal page on social networks or messenger and either send messages to everyone asking for help and urgently transferring money, or analyze the correspondence and find the closest people, those who definitely will not refuse.
Using this scheme, scammers deceived a resident of the Simferopol region, who transferred money to an unknown account. The victim told the police that he received a message on WhatsApp from a friend who asked him to borrow a certain amount. The man, without hesitation for a second, transferred money to the specified account, but it soon became clear that his friend’s account had been hacked by an unknown person.
CALLS.
25 citizens who suffered from the actions of scammers using this scheme contacted the police.
Cases of remote fraud against citizens continue to be registered in Crimea. Through calls, unknown people “work” according to the most popular schemes — “Your relative was in an accident” or introduce themselves as employees of banks, law enforcement agencies, provide false information, and citizens lose all their savings.
Crimean police reminds:
Double-check the information carefully! If you were told by phone that a loved one was in trouble, call him back and see for yourself. If you were informed by phone that some transactions are taking place with your account, or that unknown people are trying to steal your savings, you urgently need to transfer money to a secure account — hang up and personally call the bank’s hotline to clarify reliable information! Don’t follow instructions from strangers!
Residents of the Bakhchisarai region believed in the scheme “Your relative got into an accident.” An unknown person called them and said that a relative had been in an accident and urgently needed money. Citizens handed over the required amount of money to the couriers who came to them.
14 of the specified number of CALLS were made through instant messengers, including using the logo of one of the leading banks in Crimea.
Fraudsters are increasingly using instant messengers in their deception schemes. They pose as employees of banks and law enforcement agencies and provide false information. Before acting on the instructions of the attackers, call the bank and make sure the information provided is true.noted the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.
A local resident filed a complaint with the Kerch police. A man called the victim, introduced himself as a bank employee and said that unknown people were trying to steal her savings. The caller addressed the applicant by name and patronymic, thereby instilling confidence in her. The fraudster convinced his victim to transfer savings via Internet banking to a bank account dictated by him, which was supposedly created to protect funds from theft.
A resident of Simferopol received a call via WhatsApp messenger from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of a monitoring structure and, under the pretext of saving money from scammers, offered to transfer it to a supposedly safe account. The victim, believing the unknown, withdrew all his savings from his account at one of the ATMs and, under the dictation of the attacker, made a transfer to someone else’s account. Only after the money was transferred to an unknown account did the man realize that it was a scammer.
A resident of Alushta filed a complaint with the police and reported that he received a call on the Telegram messenger. The unknown person introduced himself as a bank employee and, under the pretext of transferring funds to a secure account, stole the applicant’s savings.
Did you hear these words on the phone?
– “someone is applying for a loan for you right now”;
– “you need to get ahead of the scammers and hide your funds in a safe account”;
– “an investigator/interrogator/bailiff/FSB operative is calling you”;
— “a criminal case has been opened against you…”.
Hang up!
INSTALLING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOWING LINKS.
5 citizens fell for the tricks of scammers — they followed links from an unknown source and installed malicious applications.
A resident of Simferopol contacted the police, saying that she had posted a publication on the sale of a tablet on an advertisement website. After which she was contacted by an unknown person who informed her of his intentions to purchase this product. To do this, the applicant was asked to follow a link and enter her bank card details so that the “buyer” could send money for the goods. After entering the data, funds were debited from the woman’s account.
A resident of Kerch fell for a similar fraudulent scheme. The man told police that he had posted an advertisement for the sale of a trunk lid for a car on a free classifieds website. After that, he received a message in the WhatsApp messenger from an unknown person who allegedly intended to purchase the goods and sent a link for payment. The victim followed the specified link and entered the details of his bank card in the dialog box that opened. As a result, all funds were written off from the man’s account.
The police once again reminds:
Don’t rush into decisions regarding your savings. Remember, the security of your financial assets depends only on you! If you have become a victim of scammers, immediately report it to the police by calling 102 or submit a written statement to any nearest police station.
A NEW “VARIATION” OF AN OLD FRAUDULENT SCHEME.
Telephone scammers began to use a new scenario to deceive bank clients, posing as scammers.
The attackers call the victim on behalf of a mobile operator employee and inform them that the contract for the provision of communication services is expiring. To renew it, you need to call the code from the SMS.
After this, the scammers openly declare in a conversation to the client that he was deceived — this is necessary in order to intimidate the person. ka and deceive him into acting at the direction of the next callers, who are already introducing themselves as employees of law enforcement agencies, Rosfinmonitoring and State Services.
The callers “instruct” the client how to save money by transferring it to a “safe account” and catch the criminals who allegedly agreed with bank employees.
Be vigilant and warn your family and friends!
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