scam method

Bob: I just ran into a situation, a phone call, a person introduced himself as a bank employee and said that a third-party phone connected to my account and tried to transfer money, this attempt was blocked. Further, the "specialist" suggested changing the antivirus and installing a third-party...

Anna: They called from a bank unknown to me and said that a loan of $ 5000 had been approved. But there is no branch of this bank in our city, so the money will have to be received by transfer through another bank, and you need to pay $ 100 for the transfer. I translated them with a fool, and...

Bob: Yesterday I received a letter, allegedly from the tax office, demanding to pay tax dues. The letter is very similar to the original one, it contains a QR code for entering data from a smartphone. The first thing that caught my eye was the unusually high tax levy. When trying to pay using a...

Anna: They called me and introduced themselves as an employee of FinCoNet, an international organization whose members are the supervisory authorities of twenty-two countries, including USA and Europa. The employee introduced himself as Kate Smith and said that a law firm from an offshore zone...

Bob: Received a call from a number that starts with 800. The girl introduced herself as an employee of a well-known airline. She said that I would be refunded for the flight to Montenegro, which was canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic. And I just found out that my flight was canceled and...

Bob: Call from a landline number. A solid male voice is loud: I am a bank security officer, we recorded an unauthorized operation on your account and several unsuccessful attempts to log into your Internet bank. I, of course, tensed: what to do? He: I will now open a reserve account for you to...

Bob: I got into a terrible situation. They called from my bank, called my name and asked to confirm that I was now applying for a loan for $ 10000. I was very surprised because I didn’t register anything at that moment. The bank employee said that if it is not me, then the fraudsters are trying...

Bob: I study at a university, receive a scholarship, and at the end of the year I was hoping for a double amount - for special success. Not wait. On New Year's holidays, money is needed: to buy a gift for parents, girlfriend and friends. An advertisement for making money on the Internet caught...

Bob: I opened a store and urgently needed a loan for business development. The banks refused, probably because the company has existed for less than a year. I saw an advertisement on the Internet, where intermediary services for obtaining a loan were offered for a fee. I went to the site, read...

Anna: A friend decided to sell the dacha. I took a photo, posted an ad on a special website. The price for the property was quite low, so she decided not to get involved with any agency or spend extra money. They called almost immediately. The woman introduced herself as a suburban real estate...

Anna: My husband and I decided to give our son a smartphone for his birthday. He chose an expensive model, but it is not every day that turns 18 years old - you need to please him. We looked on the Internet where to buy such a phone, and came across a online store with delivery anywhere in...

Bob: I met a girl on a dating site. We chatted with her in the chat room. I think we ought to invite her somewhere. And then suddenly she herself says: let's go to the cinema, there are so many interesting films going on now. And like she even knows a site where you can buy tickets at a...

Anna: Yesterday I received a letter from the World Health Organization. The subject line read "Development of a coronavirus vaccine". I got interested and opened the letter. It said that scientists around the world are actively working on a vaccine and a cure for coronavirus, and WHO oversees...

Anna: The guys from the school and I got hooked on one online game, where you can communicate with each other and meet other players. The game itself is free, but to be on a par with the tops, you have to pay for the best gear and guns. The game has its own store where you can buy all this. Once...

Anna: My irrepressible friend came to me with another brilliant idea. She offered to invest in a business project for a jewelry store. You buy earrings there for four thousand rubles, and then every week you get cashback for a whole year, more than 200% accumulates in a year - for one or two...

Bob: Three months ago I lost my job, got microloans, there was nothing to pay for them. Accordingly, a lot of delays. But now I managed to get a job in a good place. I wanted to take out a bank loan and cover all my previous debts. But with my credit history, banks won't give me money. And then...

Anna: During the pandemic, she began to use one popular video conferencing service. And recently a very strange letter came from his official address. It contained a message about some kind of compensation in connection with COVID-19, and immediately a link to an unfamiliar site. For the sake of...

Anna: My son started a strange story at school with electronic wallets. Pupils register something, send money to each other. The son said it was a business game. The situation was alarming, I felt a catch. I talked with other parents, found out that the scheme of the "game" is as follows: an...

Bob: I entered on a budget in the city. I wanted to live in a hostel, but my parents gave me money so that I could rent an apartment for myself. I watched the ads on a large site, so I did not doubt their honesty. The prices were exorbitant, but I wanted something else to be left of the money...

Anna: I had an Instagram, popular, I received a decent income: 70,000 subscribers, established relationships with brands, with the audience. I once received 11 notifications of suspicious mail logs. I thought it was a notification to the administration of the postal system, opened the last...