A resident of Krasnouralsk lost about 300,000 rubles while trying to order escort services for her partner

How the scheme unfolded

In Krasnouralsk, a 35-year-old local resident lost about 300,000 rubles while trying to order a prostitute for her boyfriend. This was reported by Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region. According to the woman, this was her way of getting back at her partner after a quarrel over a lack of intimacy.

From a small transfer to a loan

The woman found a website offering escort services online and chose a girl named Alsu. She demanded 4,000 rubles for an hour of work and another 12,815 rubles, allegedly for life insurance. After the first transfer, 'Alsu' said the payment had gotten stuck and asked for the money to be sent again.

Intimidation and new transfers

Then an unknown man calling himself Timur Akhmedovich called the victim. He claimed the cash register was blocked due to partial transfers and demanded additional transfers in order to return the funds. When the woman began to doubt, the scammers started intimidating her, demonstrating that they knew her personal details and information about her son. Fearing for her family, she took out a loan and transferred 146,000 rubles to the criminals, and then the same amount again through another bank.

How it ended

After being asked to send another 50,000 rubles, the victim said she had no more money, after which contact with the fraudsters was cut off. The woman filed a report with the police. Gazeta.Ru also recalls an earlier case: a Moscow resident accidentally 'inherited' a prostitute's phone number and came under attack from her clients.