Uzbekistan warns of fraud with bus tickets from Moscow

Fraudsters on social networks are selling tickets for illegal bus flights from Moscow to Tashkent on behalf of the state company Uzautotrans Service.

The Ministry of Transport urged people to check flight information and purchase tickets only through official sales channels.

Buses from Moscow to Tashkent depart only from the Novoyasenevskaya and Kotelniki bus stations on Mondays and Thursdays; tickets can be purchased at the ticket offices of these bus stations, as well as online.

TASHKENT, October 10 - RIA Novosti. Fraudsters on social networks began selling tickets for illegal bus flights from Moscow to Tashkent on behalf of the state company Uzautotrans Service, the press service of the Uzbek Ministry of Transport reports.

According to the press service, cases have recently become more frequent when attackers post advertisements on social networks for the sale of tickets for bus flights from Moscow to Tashkent, using photographs and videos of Uzautotrans Service buses.

The ministry urged citizens to check flight information and purchase tickets only through official sales channels.

According to the department, buses from Moscow to Tashkent depart only from the Novoyasenevskaya and Kotelniki bus stations on Mondays and Thursdays. The final destination of the route is the Tashkent bus station.

Tickets can be purchased at the ticket offices of the specified bus stations, as well as online through the corresponding mobile applications and websites. The cost of a ticket for a regular flight is 8.5 thousand rubles, for additional flights - seven thousand rubles.