27-year-old Moscow resident named Vitaly transferred 220 thousand rubles. A con man who introduces himself as his favorite millionaire shooter blogger Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It has been reported Telegram-Shot channel.
It was noted that an unknown person contacted Vitaly via the online communication service Discord and introduced himself as the Alermo blogger with 1.23 million subscribers on YouTube.
“The voice in the headset offered cooperation and promised the guy 2.2 million rubles, without really explaining what to do. But before starting cooperation, it was necessary to confirm their loyalty – to throw 220 thousand rubles at the “blogger”. – says broadcast.
As a result, an actress from the capital of Russia believed the offer and transferred the necessary amount to the criminal to prove his loyalty to his favorite blogger.
“The player soon realized he had been scammed: the account stopped communicating. The disappointed man went to the police. Now the staff are trying to find the scammer,” Shot added.
In mid-June, a former CS:GO player explained: earned nearly half a million dollarssells his inventory from a hitman he forgot in 2014.
Team-based online first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the leader in terms of player count on the Steam service, ahead of well-known projects such as Apex Legends, Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds and others.
Source: Gazeta
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