According to the regulator, criminals use social media to spread false advertising and, taking advantage of people’s carelessness, lure them into supposed investment schemes promising fabulous profits.
In particular, they use the names of well-known companies or national and international institutions, brands and logos of central and commercial banks, and fictitious web pages. Fraudsters also resort to forging stamps or documents. The schemes change regularly, which makes them difficult to detect and increases the number of victims.
In this regard, the National Bank urges citizens to get information from official sources and be careful when they are promised a large and quick profit. It recommends citizens not to discuss investments with suspicious persons who use aggressive sales methods and not to send money to people with whom they have only communicated online. In particular, the NBM notes that bank details, copies of identity documents or any other confidential information should not be provided on web pages that promote large or quick profits and whose authenticity cannot be verified.
At the same time, the NBM once again warns about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies that are not regulated in the Republic of Moldova.
