For the week 30 Crimeans lost more than 4.6 million rubles due to remote fraudsters

In Crimea, from September 28 to October 4, 30 residents of the republic became victims of remote fraudsters, who in total lost more than 4.6 million rubles. This was reported in the press service of the interior Ministry in the Crimea.

The main schemes that the Crimeans fell for: malicious applications, money loans, online purchases and services, as well as refunds.

Dangerous application

A resident of Nizhnegorsk district decided to use the service to check the car by VIN number. Through the browser, he found the application and downloaded it to his phone.

During the installation, the man provided the program with the requested permissions, including for obtaining confirmation codes, and when paying for the service, entered bank card data. Soon he lost access to a mobile bank, and after his recovery found three unknown write-offs worth more than 280 thousand rubles.

"Borrow the money."

Three residents of the peninsula lost 63 thousand rubles, believing reports on behalf of friends.

A 36-year-old resident of the Kirov district allegedly wrote with a request to borrow money. The woman transferred 15 thousand rubles to the account.

36-year-old resident of Kerch received a request for a loan from the account of his friend and transferred 33 thousand rubles. Later it turned out that the account of a friend was hacked.

Another 15 thousand rubles was transferred by a 38-year-old resident of the Kirov district, who also wrote to the allegedly familiar. Only after the transfer, the man realized that he was communicating with the fraudster.

"Excursion to Crimea"

51-year-old resident of the Kirov district decided to book a tour. In the social network, he contacted the user who offered the corresponding service, and on the directed link transferred 10 thousand rubles. The promised tour never took place.

"A gift to a son."

A 53-year-old resident of Yalta saw an advertisement for an online store and decided to order her son a hoodie with his initials. The woman made an advance payment of more than 8,000 rubles, but the goods did not receive, and the account of the seller was soon deleted.

“Cashback”

A 60-year-old resident of Yalta was written by an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the Central Bank. Under the pretext of returning previously withdrawn funds, he convinced the woman to perform a financial transaction. As a result, Yaltinka lost 40 thousand rubles.

Earlier it was reported that during the week from 21 to 27 September, 28 residents of the republic lost a total of more than 22 million rubles. A week earlier, from 7 to 13 September, 33 Crimeans lost almost 20 million rubles — then the attackers most often used schemes “safe account”, “investment” and “online purchases”.

In April 2026, the damage from the actions of fraudsters for one week exceeded 30 million rubles: the victims were 49 people. In early October, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Simferopol sent a criminal case to a 25-year-old resident of Moscow, who is accused of participating in a group of remote fraudsters - according to investigators, accomplices tried to steal about 7 million rubles from a resident of Crimea.