Pensioner from Zarechny transferred to attackers almost a million rubles

In Zarechny, a local resident born in 1965 informed the police about the theft from him by defrauding money in the amount of more than 900 thousand rubles.

During the inspection, the police found that the applicant had received a call from an unknown woman who introduced herself as an employee of the Pension Fund. She said that the database of the Fund “technical error”, and asked to name the code from the text message. The victim complied with that request.

Further, the man was contacted by unknown persons, posing as employees of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the FSB. They convinced the victim that his personal data was seized by fraudsters, who on his behalf issued loans in banks and transfer money to unfriendly countries.

Attackers said that the pensioner is suspected of aiding terrorists and is criminally prosecuted in Russia. Under the pretext of canceling the issued loans and assistance in catching fraudsters, he was persuaded to issue “mirror loans” and transfer the money to “safe accounts”.

According to unknown instructions, the pensioner issued a loan of 680 thousand rubles. and transferred these funds to attackers. He also listed 297,030 rubles received after the sale of the car.

Later, the victim realized that he was the victim of fraudsters, and went to the police. The Investigative Department opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud committed on a large scale”).

As reported by MK-Ural, in the message MAX fraudsters began to send Sverdlovsk messages allegedly on behalf of the Federal bailiff service. The messages contain a link or attached files. It is impossible to follow links, as well as to tear off documents. This can lead to downloading malware, losing control of the phone, getting scammers access to the victim’s phone, and so on.