A resident of Mirny transferred fraudsters more than 4 million rubles for a car

In the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for ZATO the city of Mirny, a 42-year-old local resident applied for fraud. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region.

According to the man, in mid-September, he found the website of a company that sells cars from abroad. He followed the link to the messenger, chose a model and discussed with the manager the cost, additional payments, including customs clearance, and delivery time. The total purchase amount was supposed to be about 2.5 million rubles.

After signing the contract of sale, the man transferred about 1.8 million rubles for the car and about 740 thousand more for paperwork.

A few days later, the manager called again. First, he said that it is necessary to make 1.3 million rubles of collateral payment so that a foreign car could cross the border, and then another 500 thousand rubles of state duty. The man also transferred this money, but the car was not delivered on time. He realized that he communicates with fraudsters only when the interlocutor demanded to pay another fee of 500 thousand rubles.

In just three months, the victim transferred more than 4 million 300 thousand rubles to scammers. The documents he received were false.

A criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 30, Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud on an especially large scale). An investigation is under way.

Any remote transfer of money to a stranger is potentially dangerous.