A resident of Sochi lost her savings after refusing to join a house chat

In Sochi, a 56-year-old woman became a victim of fraud after refusing to join a house chat. As reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory, after that she was sent a link to the allegedly portal “State Services” and asked to enter a code from SMS.

Then the woman began to call people who introduced themselves as support staff. They claimed a personal account was hacked and data leaked, after which they persuaded them to cash the money and transfer it to a “safe account”. In addition, the callers insisted on buying a new smartphone and installing a special application.

On their instructions, the essay withdrew 380 thousand rubles from the account and transferred them through an ATM. After that, the connection with the “curators” was cut off.

In fact, the incident opened a criminal case under the article on fraud. Police are looking for those involved in the crime.

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