Young fraudster from Kuban posed as a landlord in Stavropol

Kirov police found a 16-year-old fraudster from the Krasnodar Territory, posing as a landlord, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Stavropol Territory reports.

From his actions suffered a 20-year-old resident of the village of Maryinska. She wanted to rent an apartment in Novopavlovsk and found a suitable offer on the ad site. The girl contacted its author, who told her that the cost is about 12 thousand rubles, and demanded to make a full advance payment.

The applicant transferred the specified amount to the provided details, but after receiving the money, the landlord stopped contacting.

The police found the scammer and left the place of residence of the teenager. Accompanied by his mother, he was taken to the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Kirovsky”, where he confessed to everything.

Now law enforcement officers are checking the teenager for involvement in committing similar acts both on the territory of Stavropol and abroad.

Earlier it was reported that for a week residents of Stavropol gave fraudsters about 50 million rubles.