According to the results of 10 months of 2024, more than 4,100 cases of internet fraud were registered on the territory of the capital. Of these, 730 criminal cases were opened and sent to the judicial authorities. This was announced by the operative of the Criminal Police Department of the PD of Astana, senior police lieutenant Aidar Konysbek aitty, the official website of the mayor's office of Astana reports.

In total, since the beginning of the year, 67 people involved in Internet fraud have been brought to criminal responsibility in Astana, and investigative actions on other facts are continuing. The damage amounted to more than 3 billion tenge, of which 424 million tenge was compensated.
The operative of the Criminal Police Department says that fraudsters have come up with various ways to obtain data from bank cards.
"Fraudsters introduce themselves as a bank, law enforcement agencies or a mobile operator and give various reasons. For example, they deceive that now there is a special operation to detain scammers, and in connection with this, they ask to tell the secret numbers that came to the phone with a message. Through online platforms, offer a non-existent product and service and ask for an advance payment. In addition, it offers a fake delivery service and asks you to fill in the data using the link. Thus, access to a person's personal data. Sometimes money suggests false ways to increase, saying that it is possible to make a profitable investment in securities and cryptocurrencies. The scammers create sites and create fictional trading networks, where data on additions and earnings are displayed. Criminals are also trying to illegally log into the WhatsApp Messenger account. There, using a malicious link, he takes over his account on a social network. On behalf of the same person, write to all the numbers and ask to lend money. It is these types of fraud that are being created more and more often now," he said.

According to the representative of the police department, a resident of the capital was seduced by fraudsters and lost 2 million tenge.
"A resident of Astana was contacted by an unknown person, who introduced himself as an employee of the telephone operator. Then he said that the current SIM-card season was passing and asked to tell the secret number that came to the phone number in order to extend the period of use. A resident of the city believed what the fraudster said and said the numbers that came through the message. Then someone else called the resident and introduced him as a bank employee. He was assured that" you just cheated on a scammer, transfer your money to a safe place." A resident of the capital gave in to the fraudster and transferred 2 million 100 thousand tenge to the account he sent, - says Aidar Konysbek.
Now the service of online stores has already provided customers with various opportunities. However, alalyaks are using their online stores, deceiving individuals and embezzling money.
"A resident of the capital was called by an unknown number and said that he won a car on behalf of an online store. The victim was deceived for 600 thousand tenge, saying that he needed money for registration and insurance of the car," the representative of the police said.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 900 sites of various illegal content have been submitted for blocking.
"Internet fraud can be prevented. To do this, you should not follow questionable links. It is necessary not to tell anyone about personal data. When buying goods on various internet platforms, you need to make sure of the authenticity of the data in order to send an advance payment. To store personal data on the social network, it is necessary to set difficult passwords," the police representative explained.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana/press/news/details/889107