A resident of Zelenogorsk took out loans and transferred more than 2 million rubles to scammers

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, remote scammers deprived a resident of Zelenogorsk of more than 2 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.

The police established that an unknown person called the woman in one of the instant messengers and introduced himself as an intercom replacement technician. Under the pretext of filling out an application, he convinced her to dictate the code from the received SMS. Immediately after this, the victim received another message about an allegedly unauthorized authorization on the government services portal. She was asked to urgently contact the “support service.”

The attackers convinced the victim that a power of attorney had allegedly been issued in her name, and the money was under threat of confiscation. Under psychological pressure, the woman was forced to install a third-party communication application and constantly be on the line, assuring that “the situation is being controlled by the security services.”

Following the instructions of the scammers, she first transferred her personal savings and then began to apply for loans. One of the banks refused her, but later she took out a loan from another bank and received about 400 thousand rubles in cash, which she also transferred to unknown people. Later, the woman took out another loan secured by a car, receiving 500 thousand rubles.

“For “conspiracy,” the scammers convinced her to buy a new smartphone and SIM card. Continuing to exert psychological pressure, the criminals demanded more and more transfers and convinced the victim to involve her husband in the situation. Under their control, the family went to Krasnoyarsk, where new transactions were carried out on the accounts of third parties. Only after further demands for a new loan did the husband convince the woman to contact the police. The total damage amounted to more than 2 million rubles,” the regional police clarified.

Based on this fact, law enforcement officers opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The police are carrying out operational search activities to establish the identities of the scammers.

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