Scammers cheated more than 60,000 people out of three residents of Skudos district. euros – Respublika.lt

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According to the Chief Police Commissariat of Klaipėda County (AVPK), one resident of the district saw an advertisement in the electronic space offering to earn from cryptocurrencies after paying only 134 euros.

This invested amount was supposed to increase to more than 38 thousand. euros. After paying the deposit, they were asked to transfer money ostensibly to pay taxes, and then to transfer ostensibly earned money to the applicant’s bank account. The desire to get the money back faster than 28 working days was also evaluated with the corresponding amount of money.

Thus, the damage increased to 15,000 euros.

According to the police, another resident also saw an ad on the social network about the possibility of a supposedly very profitable investment.

After clicking on the online link attached to the advertisement, the citizen entered his profile data. After some time, the Russian-speaking person on the phone continued talking about investing and offered to invest at least 250 euros.

On the same day, it was offered to invest the same amount. The very next day, the citizen received another call with the news that he allegedly transferred the money to fraudsters, so in order to earn money, he should invest in another account.

By constantly “investing” in this way, the resident lost more than 5300 euros.

Another resident who was tempted by promises of getting rich through investing lost even 40 thousand. euros.

The police urges residents not to lose vigilance and caution. According to officials, scammers can offer to invest anywhere, often offering large and quick profits without any risk.

“That should immediately raise suspicions. Investing is always associated with the risk of losing part or even all of the funds, and no real investor or investment consultant will ever offer a guaranteed return,” states the Klaipėda AVPK statement.

According to the police, scammers usually communicate in foreign languages, the phone number from which the “consultant” calls may start with a foreign country code, and the callers usually seek to get the person to reveal as much personal information as possible.