In a week, residents of Latvia lost half a million euros to criminals 0 3

From November 10 to 16, the State Police registered 252 cases of fraud.

Of these, in 63 cases, residents lost money, while in 189 cases, the attempts by fraudsters ended without financial losses. The total losses for the population amount to at least 509,826 euros.

Fraudsters still primarily extract money through fake phone calls, where they impersonate, for example, employees of "Latvenergo," "Sadales tīkls," the State Police, mobile operators, the State Revenue Service, credit institutions, or social services.

Last week, phone scammers managed to extract 275,019 euros, with the highest number of such cases registered in the Riga region — 204.