“Safe accounts” took 2.5 million: phone scammers again robbed Pskov pensioners

Another brutal scam with gray heads: in Pskov, two elderly women became victims of phone scams, losing a total of more than 2.5 million rubles.

The scheme, unfortunately, worked out to automatism. The attackers called the women, introduced themselves as “security officers” and, under the pretext of saving savings from allegedly threatening losses, urgently demanded to transfer the money to mythical “safe accounts”. The gullible Pskovs listened to the recommendations and reset their accounts on their own. Realizing the deception, they rushed to the police, where criminal cases have already been initiated.

The police are sounding the alarm: there are no “safe bills” in nature! This is the main and dirtiest trick of scammers to lure money from you.

If you get a phone call and are afraid of money problems, hang up. Do you want to check your accounts? Do it yourself: through the official application of the bank or by calling the number on the back of your card. And report such calls to the police immediately.