Pensioner from Arkhangelsk gave fraudsters 7 million rubles

The police of Arkhangelsk appealed 70-year-old local resident who became a victim of fraud. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The woman said that she called allegedly an employee of the Pension Fund and offered to sign up for the recalculation of pensions. The Northerner was asked to name the code from the SMS. Then she called the “specialist” of the portal “Public Services” and said that she gave the attackers a code from the personal account. They allegedly transfer money to the accounts of a terrorist organization abroad.

The woman was then contacted by a "law enforcement official" and advised to send her savings to "safe accounts." Believing, she borrowed about a million rubles from a friend and transferred them to these accounts. She then withdrew six million rubles from her account and handed them over to a courier in a forest belt, naming a code word.

Later, the fraudsters demanded another two million. The pensioner did not have such money, and she asked for help from relatives who advised her to contact the police.

A criminal case was initiated under the article on fraud on an especially large scale. The police are investigating.

It is important to remember that employees of banks, law enforcement agencies and government agencies do not communicate through messengers. There is no such thing as a “safe account”.