This year, 1,400 Crimeans gave their money to scammers. Just like that…

Now we have such types of crimes as robberies, skilled robberies, burglaries and so on have faded into the background. Almost half of all crimes are committed in the field of IT crimesshe said.

At the same time, in the republic, according to Markevich, the number of crimes in this category has decreased by 15%, and almost 30% more criminal cases with indictments are sent to court.

It is obvious that the preventive measures that we carry out jointly with other institutions and organizations still have a positive resultshe noted.

At the same time, the representative of the Investigative Committee named the most popular schemes of criminals. These are calls in which scammers pose as employees of the FSB, prosecutor’s office, police and other law enforcement agencies. They claim that you, without knowing it, are allegedly sponsoring the Ukrainian army or say that your loved ones are in trouble. Also in the top is an offer to follow the link provided and when you click, funds are withdrawn from the account.

Law enforcement agencies do not have access or information about your accounts. A police officer or other law enforcement agency cannot know what money you have in your accounts and what transactions you make. Only a bank employee can know about this,” the law enforcement officer recalled.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that in the period from April 27 to May 3, Crimeans lost more than 22 million rubles from the actions of remote scammers.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea