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This year, Latvians lost almost 6 million euros, which they were lured away by fraudsters. Investigators note an increase in the number of victims of fraud, reports LSM.lv.
Although the schemes remain mostly the same, fraudsters have significantly improved their methods of psychological influence. Most often, they work in large groups, earning millions of euros a year around the world.
"In such call centers, there is usually a division of responsibilities, they employ employees of several levels. The task of one employee is to make the first call to start communication, the task of another is to continue communication, luring more and more people into the trap," says Oleg Filatov, head of the 2nd department of the State Police's Cybercrime Department.
The call center may be located in one country, the technical infrastructure in another, and shell companies for money laundering are created in other countries.
Scammers follow the news in the country
Software engineer Elvis Strazdins admits that he himself once gave a large sum of money to fraudsters. Now, in his spare time, he studies fraud schemes to warn people.
"It's a whole team. Huge as an office where they study every case. They train each other, analyze what mistakes were made in each case and at what point the victim realized that this was a fraud, " Strazdins said.
Cyber scammers are not only ready for any reaction of the interlocutor, but also analyze the economic situation. For example, when Estonia paid out pension savings, fraudsters very cleverly directed large resources there, and it worked, says Laima Letinya, an adviser to the Financial Industry Association.
Currently, people most often get calls from scammers who extort their Internet banking access data from them.
Although the schemes remain mostly the same, fraudsters have significantly improved their methods of psychological influence. Most often, they work in large groups, earning millions of euros a year around the world.
"In such call centers, there is usually a division of responsibilities, they employ employees of several levels. The task of one employee is to make the first call to start communication, the task of another is to continue communication, luring more and more people into the trap," says Oleg Filatov, head of the 2nd department of the State Police's Cybercrime Department.
The call center may be located in one country, the technical infrastructure in another, and shell companies for money laundering are created in other countries.
Scammers follow the news in the country
Software engineer Elvis Strazdins admits that he himself once gave a large sum of money to fraudsters. Now, in his spare time, he studies fraud schemes to warn people.
"It's a whole team. Huge as an office where they study every case. They train each other, analyze what mistakes were made in each case and at what point the victim realized that this was a fraud, " Strazdins said.
Cyber scammers are not only ready for any reaction of the interlocutor, but also analyze the economic situation. For example, when Estonia paid out pension savings, fraudsters very cleverly directed large resources there, and it worked, says Laima Letinya, an adviser to the Financial Industry Association.
Currently, people most often get calls from scammers who extort their Internet banking access data from them.
