Online scammers scammed a resident of Sevastopol out of half a million. “Protected” my bank account

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Over the past 24 hours, the Sevastopol police were contacted by four citizens aged 29 to 59 years old who had suffered from scammers using the most common criminal schemes. The total amount of material damage amounted to 774 thousand rubles. The largest amount — almost 500 thousand rubles — was given to the crooks by a 50-year-old man.

A 50-year-old man received a call via messenger from a fraudster who introduced himself as “an employee of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation” and said that they were trying to steal savings from his bank accounts. Believing the swindler, the victim, using Internet banking, transferred almost 500 thousand rubles from three of his accounts to the current account dictated to him. Later he realized that he had become a victim of remote scammers and contacted the police,” they told the details of the well-known “scheme” at the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

Police remind:

Allegedly arising “problems” with your bank accounts or mobile phone contracts, as well as transfers to a “safe” or “reserve” account, are tricks of scammers. NEVER follow instructions given to you over the phone, otherwise you will lose all your money.

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