An online fraudster defrauded 405 residents of Uzbekistan out of 142 million soums (about 1 million rubles at the November 26, 2023 exchange rate) in five days. In this respect reports The portal nuzu.uz cites a report from MY5 TV channel.
The fraud scheme involved sending addresses of fake porn sites. When users clicked on them, they were greeted with a notification purporting to come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Cybercrime Combatting Centre.
“In accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, you are prevented from visiting sites where prohibited pornographic materials containing elements of pedophilia and violent propaganda are published. “To unblock it, you need to pay a penalty of 350 thousand soums to the state bank card,” it said.
According to FY5, 405 Uzbek citizens became victims of fraudsters in five days. A total of 142 million soums were transferred to the attacker’s accounts.
It was learned that the suspect’s identity was determined. He is a 31-year-old man with Ukrainian citizenship. Pre-investigation control has already established that throughout his activity he changed the numbers of “state bank cards” several times.
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