Zheleznogorka met an “American oil worker” on the Internet and lost money

Resident of Zheleznogorsk became a victim of a scammer on a dating site.

IN The regional police press service was told that the 43-year-old woman met on the Internet supposedly with the “American” who works on oil rigs. The Overseas Oilman regularly sent photographs towers so that his chosen one would have no doubts, and the lovers’ correspondence would be conducted in English.

The “American” groom promised that as soon as he finishes the next project, straightaway will fly to Russia. And one day he said that he had sent his beloved a package.

“In the box, according to the “oil worker,” there were: documents for ownership of a luxury house, a private gym, an entire liquor store, and for dessert: $500 in cash. It would seem that life is good: fitness, tasting of elite wines and walks around your own mansion are ahead. But an obstacle arose: in order to receive the valuable cargo, you need to pay a fee to the transport company. The woman, without a shadow of a doubt, transferred almost 39 thousand rubles to the “logistics”. Once the transaction was successful, American happiness evaporated.” clarified by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.

Based on this fact, law enforcement officers initiated criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. An investigation is underway.

The police remind eif your new friend is from the Internet seems millionaireoh, oil workerohm or movie starsOuch And suddenly asks for money to deliver gifts, unblock accounts or rescue from captivity, keep in mind This is an ordinary scammer.

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