In a program organized in cooperation between Bartın University (BARÜ) and the Bartın Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the legal dimensions of digital fraud and IBAN renting activities were explained to students.
A program was organized in cooperation between Bartın University (BARÜ) and the Bartın Chief Public Prosecutor's Office with the aim of raising awareness among students against increasingly common digital fraud activities. In the program titled “Digital Fraud and IBAN Renting,” Bartın Public Prosecutors Mustafa Turan and Emrullah Omuzoğlu met with young people and provided information about fraud methods carried out over the internet and social media.
First, Gendarmerie Senior Master Sergeant Emre Kılıç from the Bartın Provincial Gendarmerie Command, Cybercrime Department, gave a presentation on what citizens can do in the face of suspicious transactions. Subsequently, Necati Hamarat from the Bartın Provincial Police Department, Cybercrime Department, warned students against illegal betting in his presentation, where he explained fraud methods used with the promise of making quick money.
Answering questions from the participants during the program, the Public Prosecutors gave important advice to the youth. Public Prosecutor Turan pointed out that suspicious persons act without feeling any emotion toward the victims, stating, “Fraudsters exploit your pain. You should not think that they will pity you at some point. They usually defraud university students by using their accounts. These people can sometimes be your close friends or roommates. They convince you and continue to reach other people. By opening bank cards, GSM lines, or crypto accounts in your name, they involve you in fraud crimes. Since the accounts belong to you, you have difficulty proving your innocence. At this point, it is necessary to be careful, reject the requests, and definitely report these people to the courthouse, the police, or the gendarmerie.”
Public Prosecutor Omuzoğlu said, “Sometimes you are just the starting point; you do not know how many people are reached and how many are victimized through those accounts of yours. As victims complain, hundreds of lawsuits can be filed against you. While it might be easier to reach suspects in any other crime, proving it in IT crimes can take time. Because fraudsters use virtual identities rather than real ones. When victims come to the police, gendarmerie, or courthouse at the beginning of the investigation phase and say they were defrauded over the internet, this becomes a process. You should report fraudsters with your evidence as soon as possible.”
The program, which was followed with intense interest, ended with the message for young people to be conscious of the risks they may encounter in the digital world.
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