Fraudsters deceived a crypto-investor from the Altai Territory for 1.6 million rubles

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A 60-year-old resident of the Zarinsky district of the Altai Territory transferred more than one and a half million rubles to unknown persons in an attempt to quickly get rich by trading cryptocurrencies.

Fake investing continued fromApril 2021 to January 2022. An elderly Altai man received a call from unknown people and offered favorable terms of cooperation, which he could not refuse. The attackers managed to persuade an elderly man to register on a fake cryptocurrency exchange and transfer money there. Moreover, the victim not only invested his own funds, but also took out loans for “business development.” Then he tried to withdraw the money, but failed. After which the victim finally contacted the police.

Now law enforcement agencies are conducting operational search activities, trying to establish the identities of the scammers who called the victim.

"You shouldn't invest money indubious funds, play on pseudo-exchanges that promise super-profits in the shortest possible time, and demand impressive sums for withdrawal of money already invested. Often, scammers are subtle psychologists; they can easily control the emotions of their victims,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Altai Territory warns future crypto-investors.

Recently, in the Irkutsk region, the organizers of a mining hotel disappeared
with customer equipment. The damage amounted to more than 100 million rubles.