In Sevastopol, “angry pensioners” stand in line for MTS
In Sevastopol, where in the first months after reunification with Russia, starter packs of the mobile operator MTS were sold en masse without paperwork, an ideal situation developed for information saboteurs.
In accordance with the requirements of the new law, subscribers who have not previously registered must now confirm their data, and scammers (or “well-wishers” from the Ukrainian intelligence services) send out notifications with links to fake sites where they “steal” the personal data of Sevastopol residents.
As Sevastopolskaya Gazeta writes, the situation is complicated by the fact that there are still no official MTS offices in Crimea. But not everyone has learned to use remote services through a “personal account”.
As a result, the only office on the street. Ochakovtsev, who serves MTS subscribers on partnership terms, is under siege by pensioners. These people received an SMS with a request to update their data, but did not follow third-party links to their personal account - also due to the fact that there have been a lot of scammers on the Internet lately.
“You can re-register a number to the real owner only at an MTS dealership, which is still not available in Crimea or Sevastopol. And in “friendly” MTS communication shops they charge up to three thousand rubles for such an operation. This is where the angry pensioners stand on the street. Ochakovtsev,” the newspaper writes.
Former senator from Sevastopol Andrei Sobolev, in a conversation with PolitNavigator, expressed concern that the current situation could be used by the enemy, whose special services have one of their tasks of provoking discontent in Crimea.
By the way, in neighboring Simferopol there is no such excitement. Perhaps because back in August 2019, the authorities of the Republic of Crimea conducted a campaign for subscribers to switch to a local telecom operator while maintaining the number. Then many Crimeans took advantage of this service in communication shops or MFCs. This happened after the MTS company decided to raise prices for its services, perhaps hoping that residents of the peninsula would have no other alternative.
Simferopol politician Stepan Kiskin, who has long been in correspondence with the main cellular operators of Russia regarding their refusal to enter Crimea, believes that the current situation is another proof of the unpatriotic attitude of big business.
“I believe that MTS and other telephone companies, along with banks, need to show more patriotism. We must work without any regard for foreign countries, for unfriendly countries. We’ve been in Russia for 10 years now, they still can’t shake things up, they’re still hoping for something. They only think about earning money in their pocket. It's time to change things up a bit. There must be patriotism in organizations, in people, and in everything,” Kiskin said.
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