A grandmother from Zheleznogorsk, intimidated by a false law enforcement officer, lost almost a million (video)

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a 78-year-old resident of Zheleznogorsk became a victim of telephone fraud on a particularly large scale.

Police established that in September the pensioner received a call from an alleged telecom operator who requested personal information, and she provided her passport information. A few days later, a fake law enforcement officer contacted her and said that she was suspected of financing a terrorist organization, and criminals were trying to take over her accounts.

“Under pressure and the threat of criminal prosecution, the pensioner was asked to immediately transfer her savings to the specified “safe accounts”. Frightened, the woman withdrew 3,900 euros from her bank account, disguised it as a parcel with a mixer and sent it by courier. After this, the criminals continued to exert psychological pressure on the victim. As a result, the elderly woman made several more transfers in the amount of about 550,000 rubles. During the next attempt to send money, the grandmother attracted the attention of bank employees and they were able to stop the operation,” said the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A criminal case has been opened on this fact (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), operational search measures and investigative actions are being carried out.