More than 4 thousand cases of Internet fraud have been registered in the capital for 10 months of this year. The head of the Criminal Police Department of the Astana City Police Department, Dastan Kaliyev, spoke about cybersecurity issues and the prevention of Internet fraud in the capital at a briefing in the RSK, the official website of the capital's akimat reports.
To combat this phenomenon, police officers carry out constant measures to prevent, suppress and prevent such crimes.
"Lectures on improving financial and legal literacy of the population are actively held in Astana. At these events, the methods and methods used by scammers are revealed in detail, and basic precautions are considered. Additionally, propaganda and explanatory work is carried out, as well as memos and booklets are distributed in crowded places.
Bloggers, actors, media personalities, entrepreneurs and volunteer movements play an important role in preventing online fraud. They actively disseminate useful information and direct efforts to disseminate warning materials. Audio-video materials of a preventable nature are broadcast in almost all socially significant places of the city," said Dastan Kaliyev.
He also noted that for wider coverage of the population, warning materials are published on TV and radio channels, news portals, social networks and messengers. In particular, monitoring is carried out to identify illegal content and block illegal sites.
According to Dastan Kaliev, the main methods of fraudsters require special attention and the most common method of deception is online trading, where non–existent goods and services are sold on trading platforms and on social networks.
"Calls on behalf of bank employees or law enforcement agencies are often used to conduct questionable banking transactions, misleading gullible citizens. Phishing sites pretending to be real are used to collect personal data and banking information, posing a serious security threat. Investment scams promising quick earnings on securities and cryptocurrencies attract victims to fake trading platforms. Unauthorized access to the WhatsApp messenger account through malicious links allows fraudsters to request funds from contacts and transfer them to false accounts.
Compliance with cyber hygiene is an important step to prevent online fraud. It is necessary to avoid dubious links, never disclose personal data and codes, do not make an advance payment without verifying the authenticity of information, and use strong passwords with two-factor authentication," he concluded.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana/press/news/details/881042