In Krasnoyarsk, a hospital worker fell for the trick of a fake former boss and was left without two apartments
December 20 10:17
In Krasnoyarsk, a 57-year-old hospital employee became the latest victim of Internet scammers.
In October 2025, the man received a message in the Telegram messenger that he had been added to the Kansky Medical College chat, where he had previously worked as a teacher. In the chat, on behalf of the director, there was a demand to “go through digitization” so that the pension does not decrease.
The victim followed the link to the “State Documents” bot, where he entered the sent code. At the same moment, he was informed that his account had been “hacked.” Next, supposedly from the “My Documents” service, a notification came about the hacking of the “State Services” personal account and the need to urgently contact a “specialist”. Thus began a multi-step scam.
The victim was successively switched between false employees, among whom were the “chief specialist of the federal treasury” and the “investigator.” The latter stated that a power of attorney had been issued in the man’s name for a foreign citizen, and this could allegedly threaten him with criminal prosecution for “financing an unfriendly country.”
Since the beginning of 2025, 8,698 residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory have become victims of Internet criminals. The damage caused was RUB 2.34 billion. The detection rate is 26.1% (1554 cases). 754 criminal cases were sent to the courts. Over the past week alone, more than 43 million rubles were stolen remotely from 117 residents of the region.
Under the pretext of “help” and “asset protection,” the scammers gave the victim regulations: sell the apartment, declare the proceeds to the treasury, and then invalidate the transaction. The man, under pressure from scammers, urgently sold his apartment for 7.2 million rubles. Having received the money, he, according to the instructions of the attackers, transferred 6.5 million rubles to the indicated accounts through an ATM in one of the supermarkets in a few hours.
But the demands did not end there. The scammers said that he has a second apartment in Kansk, which “may also be seized.” Under this pretext, the man sold it too, earning 4.6 million rubles. The amount was transferred through the same ATM. And when the money ran out, the attackers demanded to pawn personal gold jewelry. The victim took them to a pawnshop and transferred 323 thousand rubles.
The final call was from a “treasury specialist” who, when the man was already on his way to the tax office for a “money refund,” said: “Congratulations, you are left without two apartments!” Laughter was heard in the background. Only then did the victim realize that he had become a victim of fraud. A criminal case was opened for fraud (Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
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