Scammers have become more likely to deceive summer residents and owners of private homes

Fraudsters have become more likely to use schemes related to sanitary services for private households, rural settlements and gardening associations. The experts of the Informzashita company came to this conclusion after a corresponding study.

It is noted that the most noticeable increase occurred in proposals for the treatment of sites from ticks, mosquitoes, ants, wasps and other parasites. During April — early June 2026, the number of identified fake ads and sites in this category increased by 42% compared to the same period in 2025. The share of complaints involving prepayment for an unproven service increased from 54% to 68%. Lenta.Ru .

This is a convenient niche for mass fraud, since the service is seasonal, demand arises sharply, and it is difficult for the client to check the quality of the performer and the composition of the drugs used in advance, experts say.

Scammers create websites with local links, use the names of districts and towns, copy fragments of price lists of real sanitary services and promise more favorable conditions than those of "competitors".

The client does not always understand which documents the contractor must provide, which drugs are acceptable for processing the site, what the contract looks like, and pseudo-specialists use this. Attackers can come to the facility, simulate work with a cheap solution without a clear composition, and then demand an additional payment for a "complex source of infection" or "mandatory re-treatment."

In addition, during peak weeks, legal services are scheduled for several days in advance, and fraudsters promise immediate departure and thereby gain an advantage.

To reduce the risks, land owners and management companies called for checking the contractor before transferring money, rather than after doubts arise, and not transferring the prepayment to an individual's card.

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Earlier, on June 22, the press service of the Moshelovka platform of the Popular Front warned that scammers were luring out prepayment for building materials by offering them at prices twice as low as market prices, RT reports.

Sergei Gavrilov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Property, Land and Property Relations, said on May 27 that fraudsters had recently begun sending fake notices of fines to owners of dachas and suburban areas. 360.ru .