Interior Ministry: operations on 45 fraudulent accounts were suspended, 2 couriers of scammers were detained

Over the past day, the police received about 400 reports of phone calls scammers, the vast majority of atrocities prevented. This was reported in the interior Ministry, writes sb.by.

34 crimes committed using information and communication technologies were registered.

The department of the organization of processing fraudulent transactions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs initiated the blocking of 9 phishing Internet resources (fake trading platforms, banks or services indistinguishable from real ones), blocked the possibility of payments to 34 foreign payment details used by attackers, suspended spending operations on 45 accounts.

- The operatives detained two couriers who worked in the interests of scammers, the department said. According to the method of committing illegal acts, the purchase of goods on the Internet and vishing on behalf of officials (telephone fraud) are leading. Then there are thefts using social networks and phishing.

The Interior Ministry stressed that work to identify and suppress fraudulent actions continues. The damage exceeded 190 thousand rubles. In the UK told the details of the detention of couriers scammers

A vigilant taxi driver helped the woman not fall for the trick of scammers and save more than €5,000

In Minsk detained two foreign couriers scammers who managed to take from victims of fraud more than 100 thousand.