Over the past weekend alone, nine people became victims of online scammers in Sevastopol

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Citizens voluntarily gave about 8 million rubles to the criminals.

In Sevastopol over the past weekend, nine citizens aged from 22 to 81 contacted the police because they had suffered from scammers. The total amount of material damage amounted to more than 7.8 million rubles.

Thefts of funds occurred under the pretext of protecting money in a bank account, under the scheme “Your relative caused an accident,” under the pretext of compensation for low-quality medicines and under the pretext of raising the rating in an online store— reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

The most striking examples:

The 60-year-old senior coach of a sports school received a call from a scammer, who introduced himself as an employee of state security agencies and said that he urgently needed to transfer all his money to a “safe account”, as attackers were trying to steal it. Having followed the caller’s instructions, the man transferred five million rubles to the account dictated to him.

A 67-year-old employee of a motor transport company lost more than one million rubles after he received a call from a fake employee of a regional commercial bank, reporting alleged problems with his bank account.

Under a similar scheme, a 37-year-old employee of a wine company lost 400 thousand.

A 22-year-old primary school teacher received a call from a scammer who said that her bank account was being used by criminals to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The swindler convinced the victim to apply for a bank loan in the amount of 250 thousand rubles and transfer, along with her 100 thousand rubles, to a dictated account.

An 81-year-old pensioner received a call from scammers who introduced themselves as investigators and said that her granddaughter was the culprit of the accident and that a large sum was needed to avoid bringing her to criminal liability. The elderly woman handed over all the available money to the arriving courier — 150 thousand rubles.

A 77-year-old pensioner received a call from a scammer who introduced himself as a justice official from Moscow and said that the woman was entitled to a large compensation for previously purchased low-quality medications, but to receive it she needed to pay for insurance and other services. Believing the attacker, the victim transferred a total of 310 thousand rubles to the accounts indicated to her.

Wanting to increase the seller’s rating on a popular marketplace, a 29-year-old resident of Sevastopol transferred 200 thousand rubles to scammers, but did not receive the promised service.

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