A woman was the victim of a scam when she was trying to get a personal loan through a company that was promoted by Facebook.
The incident was denounced in the Judicial Unit No. 6, in the southern capital, by a woman who came forward to mention that she saw a publication on the social network in which they offered low-interest loans with minimal requirements. After contacting this company, they explained that he had to make a first deposit of money to cover “administrative expenses” in a Uala card account.
The woman never received the money and also suffered the blocking of her Facebook account.
After the criminal complaint, the proceedings were turned to the Cybercrimes Division, which carried out the investigation and managed to locate the location from where they operated with the scams. With this information in hand, the Guarantee Control Court No. 3 at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office No. 7 in charge of Alejandro Gober, ordered a search which was carried out at an address on La Pampa street, owned by a family of Ruiz surname.
During the procedure, the specialized personnel found a Huawei cell phone and documentation regarding the Uala card.
No people were arrested, but the owners of the house were subject to the prosecution of the case.
On the other hand, the Cybercrime Division intervened in a case of a woman who reported having been harassed and threatened by Instagram from false accounts.
The complaint was presented in the Judicial Precinct No. 2 for which a home search was carried out in the neighborhood of March 20, where a Samsung J7 Prime cell phone from which the messages were sent was seized.
The proceedings were sent to the Prosecutor’s Office of Instruction No. 7.
Warning
The Cybercrimes Division issued a statement warning about the modalities of scams and recommendations to avoid falling into the hands of tricksters.
“After analyzing the statistics on computer crimes, an important registry of complaints about banking scams was noticed, committed by people who communicate with their victim through a social network or a messaging service such as WhatsApp, whose telephone numbers used to Calls contain the prefixes: Caba: (011), Greater Buenos Aires (0221, 0223) Córdoba Capital (0351), interior of Córdoba (0354), Mendoza (0261), Tucumán (0381), Santiago del Estero (0385) , Jujuy (388).
They reported that it begins with a “first contact by a person, who uses a possibly false profile of a social network such as Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp” and is interested in purchasing a product through the Marketplace.
This person asks for your bank details and later a screenshot with the image of the supposed transfer.
Another modality begins on the part of the victim, who is interested in buying a product or obtaining a money loan. A profile of a so-called money lending company or a wholesaler of sportswear etc. is contacted.
After the victim contacts the social network or WhatsApp messaging service, they agree on a price for the product, delivery date, or a loan payment plan or an alleged payment for administrative expenses, the victim transfers electronically or payment at the cash register the money agreed in an account considered “mule” that the cyber-scammer uses, taking place there the scam.
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