A resident of Tula lost 2.2 million rubles when buying a Mazda CX-5 via the Internet

65-year-old resident of the Tula railway station lost almost 2.2 million rubles, trying to buy via the Internet “Mazda CX-5” – scammers deceived him under the pretext of selling a car.

In just one day, seven residents of the Tula region, aged 19 to 80 years, appealed to the police, the total damage exceeded 4.5 million rubles.

Another victim was an 80-year-old pensioner: unknown people called her and, under the guise of “declaring funds”, convinced her to transfer 750 thousand rubles to the courier who arrived.

In both cases, criminal cases were initiated under the article “Fraud”.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” reported that on November 17, the Privozalsky District Court of Tula will consider the case of a 24-year-old resident of Ulyanovsk, accused under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, in July 2025, he and an accomplice deceived the pensioner: while he presented himself as a law enforcement officer, the defendant took 5.5 million rubles from her as a courier.