Detained fraudster cheating members online auctions and collectors

[SergeiSK]

Employees of Department "K" the Russian Interior Ministry stopped the activities of men, who for three years perpetrate fraud on Internet auction sites and discussion forums for collectors. As of press-secretary of administration "K" Interior Ministry Irina Zubarev. According to her, from the attacker's actions victimized hundreds of people, living both in Russia and CIS countries.
According to operatives, trickster, using the sites-twins, sent out newsletters to the registered users of the various thematic online resources such as the auction with a request for confirmation of their data (login and password), citing the anti-spam and fraud. Thus it is to access both accounts registered users, and to their electronic mailboxes. The main purpose of accounts have been people who have had at an online auction site or forum specific rating and enjoy the confidence of buyers.
On their behalf, he exhibited for sale with no real existence antiques, antiquities and digital technology at a price undervalued by 30-40%. Price of lots ranged from 500 rubles. up to 200 thousand rubles.
If the user is on sale were already lots of male premature ending of the auction to the highest rate that existed at that time. Then the buyer sends an email confirmation of purchase of the lot and bank details where you want to transfer money. The main condition was 100%in advance and sending lots of mail. After the deal, e-mail to the buyer an attacker sends a notification to confirm the purchase and phone number on which to him could be contacted. And he received the money - counterfeit copies of postal stationery to send the goods produced their own at home.
I. Zubarev said that the detainee was a native of Smolensk born in 1980, previously convicted of st.159 the Criminal Code (fraud). In order not to catch the eye of law enforcement officers, he carefully observed the actions of conspiracy, having the arsenal of more than a dozen fake passports. He seemed to potential victims and how suddenly received an inheritance from his grandfather a happy man, and as a poor teacher, who urgently needed to repay the loan for a mortgage.
During the raid on a residence in internet swindler seized evidence relevant to the implementation of fraud and unauthorized access to computer information: copies of passports of citizens in whose name to open bank accounts and ATM cards, USB-modems, through which exits Internet, a lot of credit cards, designed by surrogates, computer media, containing the stolen information about the participants of Internet auctions.
A criminal case on st.159 Criminal Code (fraud). The detainee elected to measure in the form of detention.
(RBC)