Residents of the Murmansk region gave almost 9 million rubles to fraudsters

Over the past weekend, 21 residents of the Murmansk region suffered as a result of fraud. The total damage amounted to almost 9 million rubles.

The largest loss was suffered by a 47-year-old resident of the Kola district. He received from the swindlers an offer to "invest" on the stock exchange. The northerner first transferred a small amount, then the swindlers persuaded him to "invest" more money to increase his income. The man lost over 3.6 million rubles. About it writes IA "Bi-port".

When deceiving residents of the region, the con artists used various schemes. They contacted the victims on behalf of cell phone operators, law enforcement agencies and the portal "State Services". Northerners agreed to transfer funds to "safe" accounts. In addition, some citizens suffered when buying and selling goods on free services.

In the Tomsk region, fraudsters inflicted 1.4 billion rubles worth of damage to citizens over the year. The number of cybercrimes increased by 34%.