Sergey Baimukhametov
In 2020, telephone scammers and online scammers stole almost 150 billion rubles from Russians, usually through fraudulent bank card fraud.
This is no longer just a sign of the times, but everyday life. Almost every Russian has come across it. The information space is filled with recommendations on how not to fall for the bait of crooks. They are given to us both by our neighbors in the entrance and by persons holding authoritative positions in the banking sector.
For example, Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank:
“Our mobile application has a training module“ Don't let yourself be fooled ”... In June, we launched a service to detect fraudulent calls and sites in the“ Your safety ”section on the Sberbank website. A number of new products will be launched on the market in the near future. ”
Cybersecurity expert of the Central Bank of Russia Dmitry Ibragimov
“The Bank of Russia is actively working to identify fraudulent telephone numbers. So, in the second quarter of 2021, the regulator initiated the blocking of about 12 thousand such numbers, which is more than twice the same indicator of the previous year "
At the end of the interview, the expert said simply:
"Hang up immediately ... And call back on your own at the official phone numbers of the organizations on behalf of which the caller introduced himself."
One cannot but touch the latest news with concern for us: "The Russians have been warned about a new scheme of fraud with microloans."
Thanks for the advice and warnings. They testify that the salvation of the deceived is the work of the deceived themselves. But we live in a state that serves us, and is obliged to punish mercilessly those who encroach on our health, property, money. And therefore the question arises to the state structures: "HAVE YOU Tried to Catch and Plant?"
Let's return to the figure of 150 billion rubles stolen from Russians by telephone scammers and online scammers in 2020. According to VTsIOM, each individual amount stolen varies from 27 to 50 thousand rubles. This means, on average, 38.5 thousand rubles.
In total, on average and conditionally, it turns out that 3 896 103 thefts were committed.
Almost 4 million crimes against the property of citizens.
These are conditional calculations. And the government-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta, with reference to the Prosecutor General's Office, reports: "The number of such crimes for the year amounted to more than half a million."
All the same - 500 thousand unsolved crimes. How do the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs report to the government, the State Duma, the president? 500 thousand only unsolved telephone scams! What about "disclosure reporting"?
Or are these "hang-ups", as they say in these organizations, are not included in the statistics? And don't they spoil it?
And why do we say that they are "not disclosed"?
Because the same government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the same issue of April 25, 2021 solemnly announced: "For the first time, telephone scammers have been caught who deceived citizens on behalf of banks and investigators ..."
First.
Let us also quote: “We called clients of different banks using the personal data of citizens that had been stolen in advance. They presented themselves either by bank security officers or by investigators. People were lied to that their money in the bank was under threat, allegedly fraudsters were trying to steal it, so the money must be urgently transferred to a “safe” account that will be sent to them now. "
I wonder where the crooks got the "personal data of citizens" from? We trust them only to government agencies, right?
Moreover, the press every now and then reports that fraudulent "call centers" are in full swing in places of detention. That is, the convicts, who are forbidden, by the way, to have telephones, receive from somewhere "personal data of citizens" and create "on the zones" Internet "offices" for online theft of our money?
But after all, the modern technical equipment of the special services is such (we can see it from foreign TV shows) that you can track almost a single click on a computer key. And we, too - no worse than there.
As confirmation - news of the last days:
“Searches of journalists Igor Grishin and Roman Ivanov were carried out in Korolyov. They talked about violations in the 2021 elections ”.
"For the first half of 2021, Russian courts issued fines under the 'rally' articles of almost 150 million rubles."
“In St. Petersburg, the security forces searched the activist Olga Smirnova in the case of justifying terrorism. She supported the Crimean Tatars ”(an organization recognized as extremist on the territory of the Russian Federation).
“Since the beginning of the year, more than 400 thousand“ prohibited ”materials have been removed from social networks. 30% of them - on complaints from citizens ”.
“The Ministry of Justice justified the inclusion of“ Golos ”(an organization recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of the Russian Federation) in the register of“ foreign agents ”by receiving“ about 200 rubles ”from a citizen of Armenia."
"A single mother from Syktyvkar was fined 350 thousand rubles for comments on VKontakte about the president and the State Duma deputies."
This is the control and the effectiveness. They see everything, they know everything, they follow everything. Not a single mouse will slip through.
And here - 500 thousand thefts a year. Least.
Sociologists conducted a survey: what do you think the actions of the prosecutor's office and the police are mainly aimed at - to ensure the safety of the country's population, to ensure the interests of the authorities, to ensure their own interests?
On average, 9.5% found it difficult to answer. 61% answered: to ensure the interests of the authorities and their own interests.
Still, 29.5% believe that law enforcement agencies are guarding the safety of the population. This is a lot in the light of reality. Another 9.5% “find it difficult to answer”. Total - 39%.
With such a people to live and live, to rule and rule over them.