Student from Ufa lost large sum while trying to earn money from reviews
In the Bashkir capital, a 23-year-old student fell for a scam. While trying to earn money, she lost 200,000 rubles on credit.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bashkortostan, an unknown person messaged the girl on a messenger app and offered her a side job: buying goods and writing reviews on marketplaces. To persuade her, they added her to a chat where other participants allegedly shared screenshots of their earnings.
At first, the "administrator" suggested purchasing virtual goods, promising to return the money with a 20% bonus. The first few transactions were indeed successful. The Ufa resident received the promised payments to her card. Then the cost of the "goods" rose to 80 thousand rubles.
Then the girl took out several microloans. After another transfer, the money stopped being returned, and she realized she had been scammed, so she contacted the police.
A criminal case has been initiated.
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