Over the past 24 hours, scammers have fleeced Sevastopol residents for a total of more than 3 million rubles.

The largest sum was lost by a 60-year-old man who was called by a fraudster in one of the popular instant messengers and introduced himself as an employee of a government services portal. The swindler told a local resident that attackers were trying to steal money from his bank account and, in order to prevent this, he should immediately transfer all savings to the account dictated to him. The deceived man lost 1.3 million rubles. In the second case, the scammers called a 64-year-old pensioner and, posing as employees of the federal executive body, reported about a non-existent loan, which was allegedly issued in his name by unknown persons. The scammers convinced the victim to transfer all his money to the accounts they dictated, in order to allegedly prevent subsequent theft. Having followed the instructions of the callers, a resident of Sevastopol lost more than one million rubles, — the details of the incidents were announced by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol.

To the last victim, the fraudster, as in the previous case, introduced himself as an employee of a government organization and said that money was allegedly coming from his bank account to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which he warned that law enforcement agencies would soon contact him. The accomplice who called next convinced the 66-year-old pensioner to follow his instructions in order to save his money. Thus, trusting a stranger, an elderly man transferred more than 700 thousand rubles to accounts controlled by scammers.

The Sevastopol police once again warns: if they called you and reported any problems with your bank account, including attempts to write off money or apply for a loan by strangers, these are remote scammers! Regardless of who the strangers appear to be (law enforcement officers, employees of banking organizations, mobile operators, employees of a government services portal) and what financial troubles they threaten you with, you must remember that following instructions over the phone will inevitably lead to the theft of your money.

If you receive such calls, immediately stop talking and report the incident to the police by calling 102!

source: press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol