Krasnodar, 20 June – Yug Times. During the extended holiday weekend, the police of the Republic of Adyghea registered several new cases of telephone fraud.
A 79-year-old man from Maikop reported that he had received a call from an unknown person claiming to be a bank employee, who strongly recommended securing his savings from scammers by transferring them to a "safe" account. Not realizing that the caller was the fraudster, the victim transferred one million roubles to the provided bank details, after which the "bank employee" ended the communication.
A 56-year-old resident from the Takhtamukai district reported that she wanted to earn money through online investments and found an ad on the internet, and then contacted the authors of the post.
"The 'investment specialists' kindly advised the aspiring entrepreneur and suggested that she install a special application on her phone," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Adygea reported.
"The woman took out a loan against her apartment and transferred nearly 550,000 roubles to the 'investors'."
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