Due to quarantine measures, the number of internet crimes has increased in Kazakhstan.

In the first two months of 2021, the number of crimes in the field of internet fraud amounted to 4,027. This figure increased by 139% compared to the same period in 2020, when the number of crimes was 1,685.The most common methods of committing crimes are related to online processes, as many people started ordering through the internet due to restrictive measures. As a result, purchases of non-existent goods or services through fake advertisements occur, money is transferred to other accounts at the request of individuals posing as bank employees, and personal data of citizens is used to access their bank accounts. Typically, victims enter their own data on phishing sites, or criminals use lost or stolen documents of the victims.Overall, in 2020, the number of internet fraud cases was twice as high as in 2019 (7.7 thousand in 2019, 14.1 thousand in 2020).Source: kursiv.kz