Sevastopol police: remote scammers act under the guise of law enforcement officers!
CrimeaPRESS reports:
The Sevastopol police note: posing as law enforcement officers, special services, officials of various government agencies, criminals steal money from gullible citizens.
Nowadays, remote fraud is one of the most common crimes. Attackers make calls to citizens and, under the guise of law enforcement officers, express suspicions of financing terrorism, bring charges of another serious crime, or threaten various troubles associated with major property damage. Addressing a citizen by name and patronymic, using the logo of a government agency, a scanned copy of a fake ID, and using professional terminology are common tricks of criminals. As a result, the whole essence of the scammers’ demands comes down to coercion to transfer the victim’s funds to the details they specified or transfer material assets to a sent courier,” noted the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol.
The Sevastopol police remind you that real government officials never conduct investigative actions over the phone, and also do not insist on money transfers to “reserve” or “safe” accounts. In order not to be subject to psychological influence from scammers, if you receive the calls described above, you must immediately stop talking with the stranger, avoiding even short-term communication, and call 102.
source: press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol (based on materials from the legal adviser of the legal group of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Leninsky district, Dmitry Obelov)
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