December 28 10:20
A 61-year-old pensioner from Minusinsk lost 10 million rubles after succumbing to the tricks of scammers. The regional prosecutor's office spoke about this.
In October 2025, the woman received a call from a man who introduced himself as an employee of the military registration and enlistment office. He said that the pensioner needed to receive the Order of Courage, which was due to her deceased son. To receive the reward, Minusinka gave the attacker her passport details.
Ten minutes later, the false investigator called her back. He told the woman that her passport details had been obtained by fraudsters, and now she was “under protection.” The communication was transferred to Telegram, where the scammers, escalating an atmosphere of strict confidentiality, forced the victim to report on her every step twice a day.
“To “ensure safety,” the pensioner was told to buy a new phone and SIM card, which she did. Then a new person entered the conversation – “a specialist from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.” He stated that the 10 million rubles in the woman’s account actually belonged to the Central Bank, since the “real” money was stolen and “intercepted,” the press service of the supervisory agency reported.
Under the remote guidance of the scammers, the woman withdrew the entire amount at a bank branch, telling the employees that she wanted to keep the money at home. After that, having received instructions and a password, she handed over two bags of money to the courier in the city cultural park. All this time, the false investigator remained on the line with her.
Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened for fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
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