Almost one in eight Russians surveyed (13%) have encountered fake fundraising campaigns purporting to help victims of terrorist attacks at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall shopping and entertainment centre. This is evidenced by a survey of 3 thousand people by the financial market Vyberu.ru; There is a copy on socialbites.ca.
The most common form was messaging via instant messengers; 6% of survey participants noticed suspicious messages in chats. Another 4% have seen fake fees on Telegram channels, and 3% have encountered other types of Internet fraud disguised as tragedy. Fraudsters actively exploited the subject of a high-profile crime for their own personal gain.
“Such fraudulent schemes were expected to emerge. Criminals monitor information flows and quickly adapt to high-profile events. But this time the scale did not reach catastrophic proportions, thanks to the warnings of the Crocus administration and the vigilance of citizens,” said Anna Romanenko, director of the marketplace’s communication policy department.
According to the market, 38% of users who noticed suspicious activity reported it to law enforcement, preventing the spread of fraudulent schemes.
Before that, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said How many people were discharged from hospitals after the terrorist attack in Çiğdem?
He was previously accused of the terrorist attack in Crocus delivered in the pre-trial detention center.