Fraud through "drops": Kazakhstanis are urged to be careful

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The Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs warns citizens about the serious consequences of participating in fraudulent schemes related to the withdrawal of funds from victims, kazlenta.kz reports.

In search of easy money, many citizens, without realizing criminal and civil liability, become unwitting accomplices of fraudsters, acting as so-called "drops". In 2024, in more than 1.2 thousand such cases, court decisions were made to collect funds withdrawn through the bank cards of "drops" to the accounts of fraudsters, in the amount of more than 1.3 billion tenge, - said the head of the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Zhandos Suyinbay.

In addition, 56 citizens who took part in the criminal schemes were brought to criminal responsibility for assisting in the commission of Internet fraud.