The Crimean woman lost all her savings, believing remote fraudsters
Krympress reports:
A call to the Wottsap received a resident of the city of Old Crimea, allegedly from the representative of Krymenergo with the message that the house begins to replace individual electricity meters and in order to get the service for free, it is necessary to stand in line.
The pensioner was assured that she did not need to contact the organization’s department, they will help in the registration of the service. To do this, you just need to turn on the screen demonstration on the mobile and open incoming messages with codes. After that, the women entered the phone several messages with the codes that she dictated to the unknown. As a result, citizens were cashed in the amount of more than 100 thousand rubles. Having discovered a transfer of funds to an unknown account, the woman turned to the police for help,-voiced the details of history in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Crimea.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Crimea resembles citizens!
Signs of a conversation with scammers: to communicate with potential victims, they use Messengers of VotsAP or Telegram, act under the guise of employees of state bodies.
It is important to know that employees of the energy company never make personal information requests, including confirmation codes by phone.
In case of suspicion of fraudulent actions on all facts, you must contact the police by phone number 102.
Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea
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