Unknown persuaded to transfer 2.8 million to a “safe account”

For several days, strangers convinced a 65-year-old resident of the Tula Station District that they were saving her savings from fraudsters. Believing, the woman transferred to an unknown account 2 million 880 thousand rubles and only then realized that she was deceived, and went to the police.

In total, over the past day, five people complained about fraud to the police of the Tula region. Victims - from 18 to 65 years, the total amount of damage amounted to 4 million 327 thousand 158 rubles.

Another victim was an 18-year-old student who came to the police Department “Central”. In the messenger, he was contacted by people who called themselves employees of state departments and said that illegal operations related to the financing of terrorists allegedly go through his accounts. The young man was persuaded to hand over the money to a courier in Moscow - so he lost 990 thousand rubles.

On both facts, criminal cases were initiated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” reported that on October 20, the Proletarian district court of Tula will begin to consider the case against a resident of Nizhny Tagil, accused of embezzling 2.5 million rubles from pensioners. According to the investigation, from November to December 2025, the man worked as a courier in a criminal group that deceived elderly people under the pretext of “declaring” money.