Penzyachka lost about 550 thousand rubles, believing in the offer of earnings on investments

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Penza, a resident of the regional center was born in 1988. The woman said that in the messenger from an unknown man she received a message with an offer of additional earnings by investing money in foreign currency. Penny was interested in the offer and agreed.

Following the instructions of the attacker, the victim installed special applications and created an electronic wallet. After that, she transferred about 550 thousand rubles to unidentified bank accounts. Having not received a profit from the investment, the woman tried to get her money back, but she failed. Then the citizen found that the correspondence with the stranger was deleted, and he stopped communicating. The victim realized that she had fallen for the trick of a fraudster, and went to the police.

A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for up to six years.