During the rapid preventive month "Safe Cyberspace" being held in the Tashkent region, a scam organized under the guise of an "online clothing store" was exposed.
Reportedly, for the purpose of making easy money, 4 individuals created fake pages on Instagram and Telegram networks under the guise of selling men's clothing, offering products at low prices. They asked customers to transfer money in advance, deposited the funds into bank cards belonging to strangers, and spent them for their personal needs.
For example, on June 11 of this year, a citizen living in the Tashkent district contacted them via Instagram and transferred 1 million soum to the card number they provided to purchase the advertised clothing. However, after the money was transferred, all correspondence was deleted and communication was cut off.
Initial investigation revealed that over the past month, they had fraudulently received over 101 million soum from a total of 279 bank plastic cards of citizens.
A criminal case has been initiated against these individuals under Part 3 of Article 168 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan regarding this incident. Investigative actions are ongoing.
