With the summer approach in Russia, the number of tourism frauds has increased sharply. About this report Life.ru has a reference about Anton Nemkina, a member of the Duma Commission on the Federal Information Policy and Coordinator of the Digital Russia project.
According to the dialogers, the attackers were activated in social networks, messengers and on fake websites, providing online tours and cheap operators of famous tour operators. Their goal is to receive a prepayment and disappear, Nemkin said.
It should be noted that most scammers often offer trips at low prices to Türkiye, in southern Russia or CIS countries use beautiful websites and counterfeit assessments. They submitted an agreement with bank details and requested prepayment in advance, then they disappeared. Families with children, elderly and young people are vulnerable.
Another plan, as pointed out, is renting houses in resorts. Crime creates ads with real images of rented apartments, but has received a pre -payment, disappearing. Such cases often occur in the territory of Krasnodar and Crimea, the document said.
To avoid deception, only buy tours from reliable dealers, check the information and legal information about the company, do not have to pay all the unfamiliar companies, the dialogers noted. In addition, when renting a house, it is better to use the platforms that have been proven with the booking function. It is important to warn relatives and acquaintances about such plans, Nemkin said.
Earlier, the Office held control of the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Russian Federation, saying that scammers used psychological tricks and selected synonyms for safety words, to alert the victim. Specifically, the scammers provide people instead of a safe account to transfer money to a secret, reserve, special or traffic account.