Scammers in Russian-Speaking Immigrant Communities

“There is this unfortunate stereotype that all Russian-speakers are gangsters and scam artists,” the presenter at a meeting of Russian-speaking immigrants in Montreal said last night. And then he immediately proceeded to defraud the poor schmucks who came to the meeting. A scary-looking Russian gangster was hovering behind the presenter.

This was a meeting called “Together We Are Strong!” and its goal was to steal 350 credit card numbers from the attendees. It was done in a sly manner that precluded most of the immigrants who were there from understanding what was going on. And those few who did clock on to the scam are too terrified of the Russian gangsters who were there to protest or even report them.

An unlimited number of alcoholic drinks was served at this event. I will let you guess how that was helpful to the scammers. The event was sponsored by a gentleman called Gleb Trubetskoy who claims to work for DundeeWealth which is a subsidiary of Scotiabank. DundeeWealth and Scotiabank, are you aware that this scam is being run under your auspices? 350 people were defrauded last night at this event.

It is truly tragic that Russian-speaking immigrants only get together in order to victimize each other in some way. It is even more tragic that venerable and legitimate Canadian institutions allow themselves to be dragged into the fraudulent practices of the Russian-style wild capitalism.

I will post this announcement in Russian in hopes that somebody will Google these scammers and avoid going to their events.

Дорогие друзья, пожалуйста, не ходите на бизнес-собрание “Вместе мы – сила!” Это мероприятие организуют мошенники, которые будут снимать деньги с вашей кредитной карты без вашего разрешения. Ни в коем случае не давайте этим людям свою кредитную карту! Они принимают оплату только по кредитной карте по одной простой причине: ОНИ ХОТЯТ УКРАСТЬ НОМЕР ВАШЕЙ КАРТЫ. Генеральный спонсор этого мероприятия – Глеб Трубецкой из компании Dundee Wealth. Господин Трубецкой, стыд и позор принимать участие в подобном мошенничестве!

Повторю: бизнес-собрание “Вместе мы – сила!” проводят бандюки. Не ходите туда, это мошенники, они очень опасны.