Shopping scams
Accounts posing as sellers of goods and services that do not actually exist.
Cybercrime investigators in the Pavlodar Region have dismantled a group led by teenagers aged 17 to 19.
In just six weeks, they allegedly deceived dozens of people across Kazakhstan by posting fake smartphone sale advertisements on TikTok. Payments from victims were transferred to accounts controlled by money mules.
At present, 18 victims have been identified. The organizers were three residents of Pavlodar, and their identities have been confirmed. A pre-trial investigation has been launched, and the suspects have been placed under an obligation to appear before investigators.
We expose a fraudulent Instagram store selling men's clothing through a test purchase.
Warning signs of fraudulent Instagram stores, illustrated through the example of a fake account selling clothing and footwear.
Scammers disguise themselves as an Apple electronics store.
Scammers create pages and fake online stores offering Apple products.
In this variation of the scam, the seller receives payment but claims that the transaction "did not go through".
The buyer is then asked to pay again, with a promise that the first transaction will be cancelled.
As a result, the victim may lose money twice.
Another fraudulent Instagram store is claiming to sell Apple Vision Pro at half the market price.
Fake Instagram store selling men's clothing. An analysis of the warning signs of fraud.
Scammers disguise themselves as an Instagram store selling women's clothing.
Scammers pose as the "Customs Control Zone" and use a fake account to offer allegedly confiscated goods at heavily discounted prices.
Scammers disguise themselves as an Instagram store selling computer equipment.