Kursk police warned about a new scheme of fraud with the replacement of intercom
The police of the Kursk region told about the scheme of deception, the victims of which were two residents of the region
The woman was called and informed about the planned replacement of the intercom in the house. To extend the contract for its use, she was offered to register in the queue. To confirm the interlocutor asked to name the code from the SMS.
Then she received a notification about an alleged attempt to hack into her personal account on “State Services”. To prevent this, the chicken called the number indicated in the message. The interlocutor said that they are trying to withdraw money from her bank accounts. The woman was persuaded to transfer her savings by phone number to "safe" accounts to avoid theft.
Without waiting for the money back, the victim went to the police.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kursk region reminded that employees of state bodies, banks and law enforcement agencies never require to report codes from SMS, transfer money to couriers or transfer them to “safe accounts”. When such calls are received, the conversation should be stopped immediately.
