Three scammers were detained for shipping orders through fake accounts

In the Moscow region and St. Petersburg, police officers detained three people on suspicion of organizing a scam with orders through fake accounts of a popular delivery service. This was announced on September 2 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.

"It has been previously established that the attackers have developed a criminal scheme. Since September last year, they have been using fake accounts linked to various phone numbers through which they placed online orders for the delivery of expensive electronics and food," Wolf wrote on her Telegram channel.

According to the agency, the suspects assigned roles to commit fraud. One of the participants got a job as a courier, providing false information, while the other two acted as customers, placed and paid for orders. After the pseudo courier picked up the goods, the orders were canceled and the money was returned to their cards. The scammers then sold the stolen goods, and spent the proceeds at their discretion.

It is specified that the damage caused amounted to 1 million rubles. According to preliminary data, the defendants are involved in 100 similar episodes. A criminal case has been opened, and preventive measures have been taken against the detainees in the form of detention, house arrest and a ban on certain actions.

Earlier, on March 14, it was reported that fraud cases related to the erroneous receipt of non-existent parcels increased by 30%. It was clarified that the attackers work as a team, where everyone has their own role. One introduces himself as an employee of the transport, postal or customs service and informs about the receipt of a parcel addressed to the victim.

Then his accomplice pretends to be the "real recipient" of the parcel and convinces the victim not only to receive the parcel for him, but also to pay non-existent fees, threatening fines from customs and problems with law enforcement agencies. As soon as a person transfers money for receiving a parcel to the specified account, both scammers disappear.

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