In the Serdob district, the pensioner gave scammers 8.4 million rubles for “declaration”

In the Serdob district of the Penza region, a man lost all his savings, believing a telephone fraudster who introduced himself as an employee of the FSB. He gave the unknown about 8.4 million rubles.

As reported in the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Penza region, with a statement of fraud to the police asked a local resident born in 1955.

The victim said that he received a call from an unknown man who called himself an employee of the FSB. During the conversation, the interlocutor stated the need to declare the cash available at home.

To do this, according to the caller, the collector had to come to the pensioner, who should have transferred savings.

The man believed the fraudster and followed his instructions. He handed over to the people who came for the money all his savings - about 8 million 400 thousand rubles.

Only after a while, the pensioner realized that he was a victim of fraud, and asked for help from the police.

On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The maximum penalty under this article is up to ten years imprisonment.

Currently, police officers carry out measures aimed at identifying the attacker and clarifying all the circumstances of the crime.