Fraudsters forced an Achinsk schoolboy to take out a loan and give them almost 200 thousand

Police in the Krasnoyarsk Territory are investigating another case of fraud, the victims of which were a 15-year-old boy and his 48-year-old mother from Achinsk.

It was established that an employee of his school allegedly called the teenager on the phone and, under the pretext of changing the number for the electronic diary, convinced the boy to give the code from the SMS. After he dictated the numbers, a “working” scheme of deception unfolded: a call from a false State Services specialist, who reported that his personal account had been hacked and the data was used for fraudulent purposes; the conviction of the urgent need to install a video application with instructions for further actions; a video conversation with a pseudo-representative of law enforcement agencies, who, through blackmail and intimidation, forces financial transactions to be carried out.

“As a result, the boy took his mother’s cell phone and, having access to the bank’s mobile application, transferred the available money in her account and also issued a loan to her. The student transferred funds in the amount of over 193 thousand rubles in four transactions to the account specified by the scammers. Based on this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, those involved in the crime are being identified,” said the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The police also once again called on residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to conduct preventive conversations with their children: “Dear parents, maybe it’s enough to wait until your children become heroes of a criminal chronicle? Have a conversation with them about safe behavior, a ban on making any financial transactions without your knowledge! Talk to your children, otherwise you will be next!