An elderly Zelenogorsk woman came to Krasnoyarsk and gave 850 thousand to the scammers’ courier (video)

An elderly resident of Zelenogorsk fell under the influence of scammers and came to Krasnoyarsk to give money to an unknown man. This was reported to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region.

It all started in January 2025, when a 76-year-old woman received a call from an unknown number. The stranger on the other end of the line introduced herself as an employee of a company that installs landline telephones. Under the pretext of having a promotion and reducing the subscription fee, she informed the pensioner about the need to renew the contract. The next day, the woman received a call on behalf of law enforcement officers. False investigators convinced the elderly woman that they had found fraudsters in the banks who had designs on her savings.

Subsequently, people who introduced themselves as an employee of the military prosecutor's office and a lawyer contacted Zelenogorka. Together they persuaded the pensioner to undergo a “check of the purity of deposits”, replace the marked bills and declare the funds. Before this, the scammers frightened the pensioner with possible searches and blocking of accounts, and also demanded that she strictly observe a “non-disclosure agreement.”

“Under psychological pressure, the woman withdrew 750 thousand rubles from the bank, added 100 thousand rubles kept at home, and then, on the instructions of the attackers, left for Krasnoyarsk. There she handed over the money to an unknown man who introduced himself as an “analyst” and gave a secret password. Subsequently, the attackers continued to persuade the woman to withdraw an additional 300 thousand rubles and transfer them to the bank accounts they indicated. However, an attempt at another transfer was stopped by employees of the financial institution,” the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

Based on this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. Currently, a set of measures is being carried out aimed at identifying and detaining persons involved in the commission of the crime.

Police remind: law enforcement officers, banks and other departments do not require the transfer of cash, do not conduct “deposit checks,” do not ask to transfer funds to third-party accounts, and do not enter a “non-disclosure agreement” over the phone.

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