Tulyak lost almost 2 million when buying a car in the messenger

Five residents of the Tula region lost more than 2.7 million rubles per day due to fraudsters. The biggest loss is a 50-year-old resident of the Lenin district of Tula. He was offered to buy a car at a bargain price in a popular messenger.

The man transferred 1 million 800 thousand rubles, after which the seller disappeared. Another 750 thousand rubles lost 35-year-old resident Venev, also agreed to buy a car in the messenger.

On both facts, criminal cases were initiated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tula region asks not to transfer the prepayment before a personal meeting and inspection of the goods, do not trust too low prices and urgent conditions, check the documents and identity of the seller, do not report card details and codes from SMS. In case of suspicious calls, it is better to immediately stop the conversation.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” reported that fraudsters lured from a 65-year-old resident of the Tula Station District 2 million 880 thousand rubles, convincing her to transfer money to a “safe account”. During the day, the police of the region appealed to five people aged 18 to 65 years, the damage amounted to 4 million 327 thousand rubles.