The police call on the people of Latvia to beware of telephone fraudsters – fake brokers, financial regulators and other “financial specialists”, LETA was informed by the State Police.
In order to commit a crime, fraudsters call from foreign numbers and pretend to be financial brokers of different companies or various “financial specialists” of another profession.
Fraudsters offer help throughout the investment process. If a person refuses to engage in communication, the fraudsters become insistent and even rude.
Mostly fraudsters speak Russian. When trying to start communication in Latvian, fake brokers admit that they do not speak Latvian. However, the possibility that fraudsters may communicate in other languages in the future must not be ruled out.
In communicating with those who have agreed to invest in questionable virtual platforms, “financial professionals” use telephone numbers registered in various countries, such as Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, England and other countries.
Initially, communication with fraudsters takes place over the telephone, but later, with potential investors agreeing to the offer, communication continues through one of the chat applications, such as Skype.
In all cases, fraudsters use a technique that makes people believe in the possibility of profit, ie in the beginning people see an increase in capital, but it is artificially generated. Fraudsters persuade people to start investing using various virtual internet platforms not registered in Latvia.
The next step is that, with the help of “financial specialists”, loyal citizens create current accounts on their computers on virtual Internet platforms and start investing.
Fraudsters can also be asked to install software on their computers that allows them to remotely connect to the victim’s computer, such as TeamViewer, AnyDesk, and others. Later, fraudsters can also access the victim’s accounts and means of payment through this access.
To protect themselves from these types of fraudsters, the State Police reminds that if the caller’s number is not known, then special care must be taken during the conversation and may not disclose your personal data, it could be an attempt by fraudsters to communicate.
Before using investment platforms and conducting transactions, the State Police calls to ascertain whether the said company is registered in Latvia, what are its types of activities and other types of information indicating the company’s ability to work, as well as to find out whether the selected service provider has received the Financial and Capital Market Commission. (FCMC) license.
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