Tengrinews.kz - The Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has warned Kazakhstanis about the serious consequences of participating in fraudulent schemes, according to Polisia.kz.
"In 2024, in more than 1.2 thousand such cases, court decisions were made to recover funds withdrawn through the bank cards of ‘droppers’ to the accounts of fraudsters, in the amount of more than 1.3 billion tenge," said the head of the department for combating cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhandos Suyinbay.
In addition, 56 citizens who took part in criminal schemes were brought to criminal responsibility for assisting in the commission of Internet fraud. The Ministry of Internal Affairs calls on citizens to be vigilant, not to succumb to promises of easy money and to immediately report all suspicious offers to the police.
Earlier, we wrote that in Kazakhstan they want to introduce the concept of "dropper." This term refers to individuals or legal entities who, assisting fraudsters, provide their personal data and withdraw the stolen funds for a fee.
