When paying profits, got stuck

These days are from all over the country Online scams reportswhich often relate to trading of securities or cryptocurrencies. This was also the case yesterday, when they reported on « major harm » from the Koper Police Directorate. At the same time, the Securities Market Agency (ATVP) points to online fraud.

On Sunday at 12.37, a citizen reported at the Koper Police Station and reported online fraud, which was harmed by a greater amount. As they explained, in the last six months, she has repeatedly contacted him with an unknown person and persuaded him of lucrative investments in various raw materials and cryptocurrencies.

He transferred funds to the accounts of different companies in different countries, and the stranger sent him graphs and balance sheets that showed the alleged growth of his contribution. When he wanted to pay the profit, it stuck, as the stranger urged him that he had to pay a variety of fees and taxes in a greater amount beforehand. Thus, he suspected that he was a victim of fraud and reported the matter to the police continuing the investigation.

More and more online fraud

The ATVP has published a warning of the IOSCO International Supervisory Supervisors Association, pointing to more and more online frauds that are accelerated by digitalization using mobile applications, social networks and online platform providers that include Internet search engines, social networks or applications.

Digitization provides greater accessibility, costs costs and generates risks. The iOSCOs have detected « an increase in investment fraud through online paid ads, which make little investors lose a lot of money. Therefore, in a statement, IOSCO points to increasing threats to online fraud and calls for online platform providers to increase efforts in accordance with national law to reduce the risk of property investors, « the ATVP noted, adding: » By participating, we can prevent financial damage at the global level, especially because it is a cross -border supply of online fraud. « 

In some IOOSCA members, online platform providers point to such a fraudulent practice, including rejection or removal of entities that do not have a regulator permission or have issued a warning.

Fraudsters give you a lot of time

According to the Safe Internet platform, in the world of cryptocurrency and investment, the main target of online fraudsters is primarily beginners. Investment deceptions begin with false ads of fair earnings in which fraudsters abuse the images of celebrities who make untrue statements.

If you have been tempted by promises of fair earnings and are willing to invest, fraudsters spend a lot of time. They explain to you on the phone or chat on the exact course of trading on their platform, gaining your confidence.

They want to convince you with a simple investment process, as all trading is based on automated programs with a guaranteed return. Sometimes even at the beginning they allow a transfer of a smaller portion of the displayed earnings to your bank account, trying to persuade you about the transfer of greater values. It gets complicated when you want to transfer money to your bank account. At that time, fraudsters prevent all further payments.

« Payments are conditioned by new investments and are always asking for new resources to cover different fictitious costs – taxes, fees, insurance… As soon as they find that you are no longer ready to pay, they stop responding to calls and messages, and you are left without anything, » they warn.