The on-call department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Smolensk received information from a local resident, who said that an unknown person, under the pretext of selling a TV, took possession of his money.
A man on one of the Internet sites drew attention to information about the sale of a TV at a bargain price and contacted the seller. Later, he transferred over 20,000 rubles to an unidentified bank account. After some time, the false seller stopped communicating.
A criminal case was initiated under the article “Fraud”.
A resident of Yartsevo became interested in an advertisement for the sale of watches, which was posted on one of the Internet sites. After the correspondence with the seller, the young man himself transferred about 15,000 rubles to the specified bank account. After that, the attacker stopped communicating. On this fact, police officers are checking.
A woman contacted the duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Dorogobuzhsky” and said that she had also become a victim of a swindler. She told the police that she had transferred 3,000 rubles to someone else’s bank card, thinking that she was helping her friend who asked for help on social networks. Later, the girl found out that a friend’s page had been hacked, and a fraudster corresponded with her. Now this fact is being checked.