Resident of Ulan-Ude lost more than 3.4 million rubles due to fraudsters

In Buryatia over the past day registered 12 crimes using IT-technologies. In 11 cases, we are talking about cyber fraud, another crime is related to theft of money from a bank account. The total damage exceeded 3.76 million rubles, of which more than 3.738 million rubles lost residents of Ulan-Ude.

From the actions of the attackers suffered residents of the capital of the republic, as well as Yeravninsky, Zakamensky, Kyakhta and Selenginsky districts.

One of the largest cases occurred with a resident of Ulan-Ude. On November 9, she appealed to the police and reported that from the end of September to the beginning of November, fraudsters stole 3 million 445 thousand rubles from her.

According to preliminary data, first the woman wrote in the messenger unknown, who introduced herself as the manager of the investment platform. She offered to make money trading on the stock exchange. Following the instructions of false employees, the citizen installed special applications and transferred money via QR codes to the accounts of intruders. At the same time, a fake income was displayed on the fake site.

Later, the fraudsters said that in order to withdraw the allegedly accumulated profits, it is necessary to attract a trustee without credit arrears. The woman turned to her 55-year-old aunt. With the help of her smartphone and banking applications, the victim issued several loans and loans in large banks. The funds received were first transferred to the accounts of the applicant herself, and then transferred to foreign platforms and crypto-wallets controlled by criminals.