Four residents of the Sakhalin region were deceived by scammers in just a day. In total, the wallets of the gullible islanders were emptied by more than one million 260 thousand rubles. The smallest damage (40 thousand rubles) was suffered by a 59-year-old resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. A man called her on the phone and, introducing himself as a son, said that he had got into an accident. He needs money to avoid responsibility. Believing, the victim transferred the money to the specified card number.
An 80-year-old resident of the village of Pravdy lost all her savings – almost 300 thousand rubles. Tempted by the promises of an unknown man who called her, the woman decided to make a contribution at a good percentage. Only when the money went to the fraudster, the pensioner realized that she had been deceived.
Another resident of the regional center fell for an old trick of swindlers. She believed the imaginary bank employee that dubious operations were being carried out with her accounts and, saving her savings, sent 360 thousand rubles to an unknown person.
The third southern Sakhalin region suffered the most. She decided to take out a bank loan and posted an application on one of the sites. Soon she was contacted and promised an impressive amount of money, provided that she would transfer a certain amount to pay expenses. In total, the victim transferred 570 thousand rubles to the scammers.
On all appeals, criminal cases have been initiated, an investigation is underway, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sakhalin Region reports.