Residents of Kostroma continue to give millions to phone scammers

The figures of this week are frightening: only in the last 7 days, Kostromics gave scammers another 16 million rubles. Since the beginning of the year, the amount of damage has exceeded 336 million.

Who gets caught? It's not just pensioners. This week, seven of the 12 victims were working people of different professions. Fraudsters play on fears: the fear of losing money from the account (“your funds are trying to steal”) or the desire to help the investigation (“you need to catch a dangerous criminal”).

Absolute record set 54-year-old woman from the Oktyabrsky district. She received a phone call from the security services and was convinced that her bank cards were involved in financing terrorism. To save the money, she gave it to the courier. Damage: 13 million rubles.

Police never ask for money to be transferred to "reserve accounts" over the phone. Hang up whenever you talk about your savings.

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