Interior Ministry: during the day the police received about 200 reports of calls scammers

Over the past day, the police received about 200 reports of phone calls scammers. Thanks to the efficiency of internal affairs officers and the vigilance of citizens, the vast majority of crimes were prevented. This was reported in the interior Ministry, writes sb.by.

15 crimes committed using information and communication technologies were registered.

The department of the organization of processing fraudulent operations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs blocked the possibility of payments to 16 foreign payment details used by the attackers.

The operatives detained a courier who worked in the interests of scammers.

According to the method of committing illegal acts, the purchase of goods on the Internet is leading. Then there are visching on behalf of officials (telephone fraud) and trading on financial exchanges. Work to identify and combat fraudulent activities continues.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reminds that offers of quick and easy earnings or purchase of goods at a significantly reduced price on the Internet are invariably associated with the risk of losing money. The golden rule when communicating with fraudsters on the phone is to stop the conversation and report to the police on the number 102.