“Safe accounts” worth 2.5 million: Pskov pensioners became victims of phone scams

Police are investigating the theft of funds from two elderly residents of Pskov. According to the investigation, the attackers misled the women by convincing them to transfer savings to so-called “safe accounts” to prevent financial losses. Details of “MK in Pskov” reported law enforcement officers.

As a result, gullible citizens independently transferred money to fraudsters totaling more than 2.5 million rubles. Realizing the fraud, the victims appealed to law enforcement agencies. According to these facts, criminal cases have been initiated, the search for intruders is underway and all the circumstances of the crimes are established.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reminds citizens that the concept of a “safe account” is a common ploy of telephone scammers. Banks and law enforcement never ask for money to be transferred to other accounts in order to save them. At the slightest suspicion of fraud, it is necessary to independently contact the bank support service through the official application or hotline, as well as report an attempt to defraud to the police.