Pensioner gave fraudsters 780 thousand

The police of Penza appealed 80-year-old local resident. The woman reported fraud. The amount of damage amounted to 780,000 rubles.

According to the pensioner, she received a call from an unknown woman. She introduced herself as a social fund employee. Under the pretext of recalculating the pension, the attacker lured the elderly woman’s personal data and digital code from the SMS message.

After that, the pensioner received another call. This time, the man introduced himself as a security officer. He said that her personal data got to fraudsters, and allegedly transferred money from her account to the accounts of an extremist organization.

To prevent illegal actions, the attacker advised the woman to cash the money and transfer it to the courier for safety. The pensioner agreed. She withdrew her savings and gave them to an unknown person.

After a while, the woman realized that she was a victim of fraud and went to the police.

On this fact opened a criminal case under part 3 of article 159 of the criminal code of Russia. The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for up to 6 years.