14:49 - REGNUM For a month now, the network has been actively operating new scheme by luring money from gullible citizens. IA REGNUM today, September 11, exposes the scammers. We consider it our duty to warn readers and draw the attention of law enforcement agencies to the scheme, which, in the opinion of the editorial board, is criminal.
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The new type of fraud became active around August 2017. Some vigilant citizens rushed to warn others about the "scam". So, on the portal Stop-list.ru such messages have already appeared. Most of them received the same messages with the same conditions, phone numbers and full name of a company representative. The only difference is the name of the company allegedly giving away the prize.
It works like this: first, the smartphone user receives a message that "as a result of the advertising and marketing campaign held in the Payment service, you became the owner of the main prize." As a rule, this is a Land Cruiser 200, Lexus LX570 and others expensive cars... Messages come not via SMS, but via Viber. After that, the recipient of the "letter of happiness" must go through several manipulations on the site indicated in this message and gain access to detailed information.
After "registration" the user receives a letter stating that a photo session will be held during the presentation of the prize, representatives of the company, partners will take part in the event, and animators will entertain the guests. In this case, it is required to provide a passport number and TIN.
"The details of the planned event will remain secret for now in order to preserve the effect of a pleasant surprise," —caring car donors warn.
Photo of a message from a phone from Agrykole Group
They promise that the amount of the prize is 6,150,000 rubles, the tax on this money is 2,152,500 rubles. Note that the terms of tax payment are at first glance convincing: with references to the Tax Code. At the same time, the scammers promise that the "lucky man" will receive an official invitation by registered mail after the address of the actual place of residence is provided to them. In return, the company will pay the costs of travel to Moscow and accommodation in an expensive hotel for several days.
True, the winner of a non-existent promotion may refuse the prize in favor of a monetary reward (6,150,000 rubles). However, in this case, you must pay a commission in the amount of 92,250 rubles, which the company cannot deduct from the winnings. In this regard, the client's bank will contact the company to confirm the amount of the commission, and only after that the person must transfer these funds to the QIWI wallet. They promise that the funds will not be written off, but this is only necessary for safety net. That is, first, a person transfers 92,250 rubles to a QIWI wallet so that the company makes sure that these funds are already in the account, and then, without spending your money, they will pay the commission themselves.
“It turns out a kind of payment protection - your security, it lies in the fact that you pay the account“ Overtrei Group ”® only after the actual crediting of the cash equivalent to your bank details.
It is not possible to withhold the commission from the cash equivalent, since if the commission is withheld, the amount of funds actually credited to your account details will not correspond to the amount that will be displayed in the 2NDFL form ", - the scammers said in a message.
As a result of all operations, the “lucky” person may lose not only about one hundred thousand rubles, but also provide the fraudsters with personal banking data: account number, bank BIC, name of the recipient's bank, card number, and its validity period. They ask to enter these data in the form, which is necessary to refuse the prize in favor of a monetary reward.
As the agency's correspondent managed to find out IA REGNUM, the sites of the "firm" that contact the "winners" are fairly easy to find on the net, and at first glance they look more or less convincing. However, the search for "Yandex" finds only these sites, but not the "news" mentioned on them. In order to look “decent”, the names of fake companies used the names of real companies, for example, Crédit Agricole Group, with a couple of letters replaced: Agrykole Group. As a result, when searching, it seems that the company really exists.
A closer look at the site itself shows that many sections are hastily done. Moreover, in the "news" section, all the materials available there turn out to be lies. It is worth taking and checking just one informational material in order to understand how everything works here. For example, the news that “ Agrykole in collaboration with Russian Standard Bank and CCT Company, they present a technological solution "Mobile terminal" turns out to be a "fake" in the sense that such news actually exists on March 15, 2015, only the name of the company is different there. With all the news on this scam site, the situation is similar. All of them were indexed by Yandex a few days ago, although the materials themselves were published in the media two years ago.
This has not been presented on YouTube yet: on February 20, LetyShops summed up the results of the contest "Geek's Cars for 1 Ruble" competition.
The lucky one got a mega prize - new Toyota Land Cruiser prado... Let's understand the transparency and openness of the event.
Every seventh inhabitant of the Earth prefers YouTube to TV, where up to 4 billion hours of video are posted every month. This year, a unique event entered the history of Russian YouTube: the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado car was raffled for the first time on the video hosting. The feast started one of the most recognizable brands - the LetyShops.ru cashback service.
A little about LetiShops
LetyShops is a cashback service that has recently appeared on the Russian market, but is already gaining popularity at a record pace. Is the concept of "cashback" new to you? This is a refund of a part of the money from any online purchase. This opportunity is already used by more than 2.5 million clients of LetiShops.
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The principle of operation of the service, which cooperates with more than 900 stores, is described by the following scheme:
Pleasantly surprising its customers, LetyShops regularly organizes prize draws. For example, last year the most large-scale action in the CIS - Black Friday with a prize fund of 1 million rubles - made a splash on the entire Internet.
The unspoken laws of LetiShops are interesting: if an employee of the company wins, he will receive his gift, and the main prize will be raffled again among the clients.
"Geek car": how it really was
Gaining experience, the "letishopers" surpassed themselves and ... played Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2016. The powerful and durable SUV was "pumped" to the fullest: a kind of "geek devices" appeared in the cabin - a Wi-Fi with a TV, a PlayStation 4 Slim console and an iPad. Well, it's not for nothing that the car was dubbed the "Geek Wheelbarrow"!
We learned about one more fact from the organizers of the action. Initially, the winner of the promotion was intended Toyota Prius 2016, but it was not possible to buy it on the territory of our country. Not wanting to look for easy ways, the creative team went even further and presented the main prize at times more expensive.
To participate in the competition, you had to register at LetiShops, repost the announcement of the competition on your page and buy goods with a cashback from 1 ruble. Five to ten minutes - and you're in a big game! As a result, the project reached over 6 million users.
The announcement of the competition looked like this:
The battle for the top prize: is it fair?
The X-hour has come. The name of the owner of the newfangled Toyota was announced on February 20 in live... The random number generator www.random.org appointed a triumphant Nikolay Peredumov from Saratov... However, the guy gave a link to a page on the Odnoklassniki social network with a completely different name.
Many suspected the user of being a bot, but Nikolai's stubbornness knew no bounds: in order to prove his "humanity", he refreshed the page on the social network and indicated his mobile number. The organizers made a unanimous decision to contact the winner in real time. The voice of a guy was heard in the receiver, who confirmed his participation in the competition and ... introduced himself as Maxim! :)
Yes, not everyone wants to indicate real data in social networks or on other resources ... But the rules did not regulate the indication of real names, and the introduction of edits and additional conditions during the drawing does not honor its organizers.
He dotted all the i's with a question, the answer to which only Maxim could know: the guy was asked to go to his Personal Account on the site and answer what his status is in the LetyShops account, how much money he still has pending, and how much is already on the balance ... After that, there were no doubts about the transparency and honesty of the competition, and Maxim grabbed an SUV literally on the fly!
The very lucky one: getting to know each other closer
Who is that lucky guy who made a big jackpot? Meet 27-year-old Maxim Polovkov from Volsk Saratov region... Shortly before the rally, fate brought the guy to Krasnodar on work issues. It was here that he learned about the win.
Until today, Maxim did not consider himself lucky. Having founded a consulting company at one time, he faced the notorious crisis that hit the microfinance sector and the entire modern economy.
Now the young businessman is busy in a more promising field: he is raising animal husbandry in Russia at a plant for the production of industrial equipment. Max gets adrenaline from everything he does and cannot live without active rest. Skiing and mountain biking, spearfishing - this is not a complete list of his hobbies.
“This year, I can say, I was lucky twice,” Maxim admitted. - The beloved answered with consent to the marriage proposal, and then there was also a gift at the right time! I didn't even fully realize that luck has finally smiled at me. "
It remains to wish the winner to give up on new car on a honeymoon trip!
We would like to add that the solemn ceremony of presenting the prize to the winner will be held on March 24 at the closed business party Admitad Lounge, which will be co-organized by LetyShops.
A few more pleasant surprises
Also, the cashback service raffled off additional prizes - lety codes, which allow three or even five (!) Times to increase the return on purchases in any of almost a thousand cashback stores. Everyone who supported the project received encouragement: the lety-code "tachka-gika2X" doubled the cashback from purchases on February 23rd.
By the way, by the 8th of March the Letishopers have already prepared another drawing - this time 27 valuable prizes. But that's a completely different story ...
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Externally, the SUV has really changed slightly, almost all updates are concentrated in the front end. Due to the new radiator grille, LED headlights, fenders, hood, bumper, Prado has become more like its older "brother", the flagship Land Cruiser 200. Toyota says that thanks to the new front bumper and raised headlights with a radiator grille, the car has improved geometric cross-country ability and reduced the risk of damage when storming off-road. At the rear, there are even fewer changes: a new bumper, lights have become fully LED, the door trim has changed.
In the cabin, there are much more changes: there is a new center console, sharp edges have been smoothed out, and the shapes of the elements have become less chopped. The layout of the controls has been completely revised additional equipment and functions. There were new finishing materials, the steering wheel was updated. Generally. and the interior became more reminiscent of the interior of the Land Cruiser 200.
Now Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has five operating modes of the engine, gearbox and control electronics on versions with adaptive suspension AVS (Eco, Comfort, Normal, Sport and Sport +) and three modes on variants with normal (Eco, Normal, Sport).
The system for selecting driving modes has been supplemented with a new, sixth version, which is called MTS-AUTO. When turned on with Crawl Control activated, the MTS system is in "sleep" mode. However, when you press the gas pedal, the MTS is activated and with the active traction control system A-TRAC provides a more secure grip on the ground.
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado received from the "two hundred" a system of all-round visibility, which supports the "transparent hood" function, an inclinometer, draws the lines of the trajectory of movement, and so on.
After the update, the SUV received a package of systems active safety Toyota Safety Sense, which includes active cruise control, systems emergency braking, band retention and others.
The equipment has also changed. So, now the Prado can boast of the largest winter package in the Toyota lineup: it has heated all seats, heated mirrors, an electric heated steering wheel, windshield and windscreen washer nozzles, electric auxiliary heater and preheater engine for versions with diesel engine... Both the five and seven-seater versions received 3-zone climate control. The landing zone is now highlighted by mirrors, and when moving reverse the mirrors go down by themselves. The expensive versions of "Prestige" and "Lux" now have front seats with ventilation. Toyota Land Cruiser Prado also received a Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system with an 8-inch touchscreen display.
- In Russia, the updated Toyota Land Cruiser Prado will receive new engine... This became known before the car dealership, thanks to the Approval of the vehicle type that appeared in the Rosstandart database.
- Despite its advanced age, Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is in steady demand in Russia. For example, his diesel version top 10 cars with heavy fuel engines.
- In October, the second generation Toyota Fortuner will enter our market. The car will be a direct competitor Mitsubishi pajero Sport.
Updated Toyota Land Cruiser Prado - all changes
Toyota has chosen the Frankfurt Motor Show as the venue for the premiere of the updated Land Cruiser Prado SUV. At first glance, this is a simple facelift, but most of the changes are hidden from view.
Updated Toyota Land Cruiser Prado - all changesAs you know, in 2016 Toyota SUVs became participants in a number of the most difficult adventure and sports projects. Toyota Land Cruiser 200 and Toyota Land Cruiser Prado took part in the five-week automobile expedition "Pole of Cold" and in the ascent of Russian climbers to the highest peak in the world - Everest. Kruzaks and Toyota Hilux competed on the tracks of the largest rally-raids - Dakar and Silk Way, both as support and escort vehicles, and as battle cars. Finally, the Toyota Hilux pickup became official car a round-the-world balloon trip of the famous adventurer and extreme, our compatriot Fyodor Konyukhov.
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As "Kolesa.ru" reported earlier, there are heroes of numerous expeditions and rally-raids on the territory of the Luzhniki sports complex. Participants were given the opportunity to test their strength and try to conquer the obstacles that simulate those that Toyota cars had to face during the 2016 "adventure season".
An eight-meter artificial mountain with a 65-percent slope, a waterfall, a swaying hedge, tunnels and sections where the car inevitably gets into a situation of diagonal hanging - all these elements are overcome by Toyota SUVs with ease. Even experienced off-road fighters are amazed at how comfortable the Land Cruiser Prado and Land Cruiser 200 are during the most extreme obstacles.
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And if Toyota Hilux drivers still need to accurately work with gas, turn on the locks and the lowering row in time transfer case, then flagship SUVs in most cases allow you to rely on the help of electronic assistants, such as Crawl Control, Multi-Terrain Responce and Off-Road Turn Assist systems, and video surveillance systems and a "transparent hood" provide the ability to accurately control the trajectory of movement and see where it is going the car even in a situation when you are actually lying on the back of the driver's seat, and only the gloomy autumn sky is visible in the windshield.
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Visitors to Land Cruiser "s Land will find a" hospitality zone "designed in an expeditionary style, where they can relax, have a bite to eat and visit the boutique of exclusive collections" ", as well as meet with those who spent Toyota cars through the adventures of the 2016 season.
So, on Saturday, a meeting took place with Fyodor Konyukhov, who spoke in detail about his round-the-world balloon flight, and about his new projects. The next expedition of the famous traveler will be an attempt to break the record for the height of ascent in a balloon, the design of which is just being developed. It will lift Fedor to a height of 25,000 meters.
“My dream is to see how the horizon is curved, to see the earth as only cosmonauts see it,” said Fyodor Konyukhov. It has already been decided that this project will also be supported by Toyota.
