Relatives "in trouble"

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The case of relatives
The fraudster appears to be a relative, friend or colleague of your relative and in an excited voice informs that a disaster happened to him (had an accident, shot down a person). The trouble, as you know, does not come alone. So the victim had a phone breakdown during the accident (the batteries went dead, was taken away by bandits, he was lost) and you have to call from someone else. There are still a lot of calls, so you need to replenish the person’s balance. Being stressed or confused, people easily agree to help. Fraudsters begin to spin their "relatives" into cash. After replenishing the balance, they call back and are relieved to report that the conflict has been settled - they managed to pay off the parties to the accident. It is only necessary to transfer money to intermediaries in the agreed place. Transferring the required amount, a person does not suspect that he is making another voluntary donation.

Recommendation: in order to recognize fraud and not lose a large sum of money, try to contact a relative directly or through friends and acquaintances; Ask the caller to describe your relative’s appearance and answer personal questions.
Source: https://safe.beeline.ru/pop1.html

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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11/30/2010
A SENTENCE HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO IDENTIFIED RESIDENTS OF PETERSBURG, WHO HAVE DONE A “TELEPHONE” FRAUD AGAINST 19 ELDERLY CITIZENS

The Kronstadt District Court of St. Petersburg, with the participation of the public prosecutor of the Kronstadt district prosecutor's office, examined a criminal case against 29-year-old Denis Pichkalev and 28-year-old Roman Nemtsov. They were found guilty of committing 19 episodes of the so-called “telephone” fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as robbery (paragraph “a” part 4 of article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The court found that in 2009 Pichkalev and Nemtsov committed a number of serious crimes against elderly citizens.

Each crime was prepared carefully: lists of victims were prepared in advance, indicating the surname, name, age, the time and place of the crime was determined, which was studied in advance.

The defendants acted according to the standard scheme of committing “telephone” fraud: they called the victims' landlines and reported deliberately false information that their relative had committed a crime. Then they offered to settle the problems for a monetary reward in order to avoid liability, after which they drove up and took the money. In total, they stole more than 700 thousand rubles.

The court sentence Pichkalev and Nemtsov were sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with special and strict regime, respectively. Also, they are jointly and severally liable for damage caused by the victim to various amounts.
Source: https://www.prokuratura.sp.ru/news.html? ... 10/11/30/3

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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