A 10-year-old Achinite transferred 44 thousand rubles from his mother’s account to scammers / Incidents of Krasnoyarsk and the Krasnoyarsk Territory / Newslab.Ru

A 10-year-old boy from Achinsk transferred over 44 thousand rubles from his mother’s account to scammers.

Resident of Achinsk, born 1985. reported to the police about the theft of funds from her bank account. The woman explained to the police that her 10-year-old son received a message in instant messenger from an alleged cousin asking for help in restoring the SIM card.

As police established, the boy agreed. He followed the step-by-step instructions that came to his phone from his “relative,” including following an unknown Internet link. After which, information appeared on the screen of his smartphone about the need to transfer funds in the amount of 44,719 rubles and words of threats against his cousin.

Frightened, the schoolboy took his mother’s smartphone and, knowing the password for the bank’s mobile application, transferred the money.
Investigators of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs “Achinsky” opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. An investigation is underway to identify those involved in the crime.