In Kostanay, an 18-year-old girl decided to earn extra money through an ad on social networks and ended up involved in a criminal case. History shows that “easy money” on the Internet can lead not to profit, but to serious issues with the law.

How the scheme works

In messengers and social networks, ads about “simple earnings” are increasingly appearing. In this case, the girl was offered to buy SIM cards, register them in WhatsApp and activate the numbers through a special bot. They promised 8 US dollars for each registration.
In fact, all accounts were registered in her name, but scammers immediately got access to them. Later, one of these numbers was used to deceive a resident of the Abay Region – she was lured out of almost half a million tenge under the guise of “bank employees”.

How it turned out

In a few weeks, the girl registered more than twenty numbers, earning about 64 thousand tenge. But in the end, she was blocked and deprived of payments. Now she is left not only without money, but also with a criminal case.
The police recalled that participation in such schemes, even “on request” or for a fee, does not exempt from responsibility.

Eurasian Bank recommendations

To avoid becoming a victim or participant in such frauds:

• do not respond to questionable ads offering easy earnings;
• do not transfer your SIM cards and account registration data to third parties;
• check information about the “employer” and the terms of cooperation;
• if you are offered to perform actions with messengers, cards, or banking services for a fee, this is almost always due to fraud.

Eurasian Bank urges customers to be attentive and remember that the safety of accounts and finances directly depends on your vigilance.