Residents of Bashkiria lost more than 13 million rubles due to actions of scammers

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bashkortostan reported three episodes of fraud in which the perpetrators used different deceptive schemes.

Alleged financiers of an investment platform include a 37-year-old woman from Ufa. They promised a high level of passive income and convinced the woman to install a special investment application. As a result, she transferred all her savings to the scammers — more than 11 million rubles.

A 56-year-old man was frightened by calls from impostors posing as FSB and Rosfinmonitoring employees. Under the pretext of protecting his money from scammers, they forced him to transfer 800 thousand rubles to a so-called "safe account."

A 45-year-old city resident received calls for several days from impostors posing as Central Bank employees. They stated that he was allegedly financing terrorists, and to avoid criminal liability, he needed to pay urgently. The man believed them, took out a loan secured by his car, and gave the criminals about 800 thousand rubles.

The police once again urge citizens to be vigilant, not to trust strangers, and not to transfer money at their direction.