In Kazakhstan, the number of fraud-related crimes is on the rise. This has been reported by the head of the Center for Combating Cybercrime of the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rustem Dyusetayev, Standard.kz reports with reference to Kazinform.

According to official statistics, 41 thousand frauds were registered in 2021. In 2020, there were almost 33 thousand of them, an increase of +22.5%. In January of this year, 2.5 thousand crimes have already been committed.

“Analysis of these crimes shows that they are most often committed by borrowing money - this is more than 6 thousand cases. Nearly 3,000 frauds were committed under the pretext of providing services.

When selling real estate or vehicles, 2 thousand crimes were committed.

The development of digital technologies has led to an increase in thefts committed with their use. Recently, Internet scams have caused a wide public outcry. If in 2020 in Kazakhstan their number was 14,000 crimes, then by the end of last year it was already over 21,000,” R. Dyusetayev said during a briefing.

Among Internet frauds: receiving an advance payment for a product or service through advertisements, applying for online loans on the websites of microcredit organizations, stealing money from bank accounts after receiving personal data of citizens, fraud committed under the pretext of profitable investment in various projects, games, investments , rates, etc.

Be vigilant!