Vigilant neighbor saved Kirov from transferring money to scammers

On the home phone of an elderly Kirovchanka called an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the pension fund. The interlocutor said about the expected increase in payments and convinced the pensioner to call the data SNILS allegedly for an appointment at an official reception.

A trusting woman gave confidential information.

After some time, Kirov received a new call, this time on behalf of the representative of the Ministry of combating terrorism.

The caller began to intimidate the pensioner, claiming that she had previously passed personal information to attackers who now send funds on her behalf to finance illegal activities.

The interlocutor warned about the risk of criminal prosecution and possible seizure of savings during searches. To save her savings, the woman was urged to urgently transfer them to a special protected account.

Frightened by the consequences, an elderly resident of Kirov collected cash stored at home in the amount of 400,000 rubles and went to the nearest ATM to send money to dictated details.

The tragedy was avoided by a chance encounter on the landing. In the entrance, the pensioner talked with a neighbor who quickly understood the essence of what was happening and convinced the woman that fraudsters communicated with her.

After that, the victim immediately sought help from law enforcement agencies.

In fact, the investigators opened a criminal case on the grounds of attempted fraud on a large scale, provided for by part 3 of article 30 and part 3 of article 159 of the criminal code.

The identity of the attackers is now being established.

Kirov police once again urge citizens to remain vigilant and under no circumstances follow the phone instructions of strangers.

Law enforcement officers remind that it is impossible to transfer personal information and document data to third parties, as well as to trust applications for transferring funds to certain secure accounts.

When such suspicious calls are received, law enforcement officers recommend immediately interrupting the conversation.