“Your relative got into an accident” and “Safe accounts” — the deceived Crimeans transferred 17 million rubles to the scammers

Schemes used by cyberfers according to the results of the past week:

— calls / calls in instant messengers (telegrams, votsap) on behalf of communication operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies;

— “safe” account;

— Your relative got into an accident

— purchase and sale of goods on free ads;

— Investments in the company’s shares.

18 citizens are deceived through calls

The Crimean police strongly recommend that you do not follow the instructions received as a result of a telephone conversation. In case of doubt about the conscientiousness of the caller, it is better to complete the call!

Several Crimeans turned to police officers, whom distance fraudsters convinced to transfer large amounts of money, playing on feelings and telling the sad stories that allegedly happened to the relatives of the victims.

An unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of law enforcement agencies called an elderly resident of Simferopol. The caller said that due to her granddaughter in a car accident, a person was seriously injured. To help the culprit avoid criminal prosecution, the fraudster suggested transferring a large amount of cash to the courier. An excited pensioner, without hesitation, handed the courier to the arrived courier 2 million 500 thousand rubles.

A similar incident occurred in Feodosia, where the local resident handed over to the couriers of the scammers for the sake of saving his granddaughter 200 thousand rubles.

A resident who became a victim of a fraudulent scheme turned to the police of the Crimean capital. The woman said that in the messenger she was called an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the Central Bank of Russia. Under the pretext of protecting her money from scammers, the attacker convinced her to transfer 700 thousand rubles to an allegedly “safe score”.

Through Internet sites, social networks and messengers are deceived by 27 people

A resident of Yalta on the website of free ads put up for sale an air group. After a while, an unknown, allegedly interested in acquiring a kitchen appliance, contacted her in the Vatsap messenger. Under the pretext of paying for the goods, the Buyer asked for the seller’s bank card data to pay for the goods. However, instead of receipt of funds to the account, it was written off from it about 30 thousand rubles.

A resident of the Dzhankoy district on the site of free ads put up for the sale of chickens. The attacker, having contacted her in messages on the site, asked for a phone number, after which he called the Watsap. Under the pretext of buying a bird, the fraudster lured from the woman a bank card, and then, convincing her to turn on the screen demonstration, gained access to the bank’s SMS codes and stole from her account more than 5 thousand rubles.

How to recognize a telephone scammer?

— distracts the volume of information — the calling says a lot, often complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions;

— Hurry to act — does not give time to think, drives, asks, as soon as possible to name the code;

— scares the consequences — The caller says that everything is bad: the money from the card leaves, the accounts are frozen. He offers a quick solution that will help to fix everything.

Be vigilant and follow the recommendations:

-Do not believe people who are representing law enforcement officers and employees of the banking sector who report that any transactions are made momentarily with your money account;

— Do not cross the unknown links that you received through instant messengers from third -party sources;

— Do not install applications on your mobile phones, which you first hear or do not have detailed information about how they work;

— Do not follow the instructions of unknown citizens trying to convince you of quickly receiving «easy» money — no one is interested in helping you enrich yourself free of charge;

If you are a victim of scammers, immediately report this to the police by a single number 102 or apply to a written statement to any nearest police department.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea