A Norilsk woman lost more than 2 million rubles after a scammer advised her to make money by betting on the Internet

IN Norilsk police officers opened a criminal case into fraud amounting to more than 2 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

To the duty station police A 59-year-old resident of Norilsk filed a statement, saying that she had become a victim of a swindler.

Law enforcement officers established that at the end of December 2025, a woman met a man on a dating site. ABOUTn told to her about easy money, which receives remotelyO from rates. The Norilsk woman believed to a stranger And gallopingla a special application on your smartphone. The man told in detail to herhow to trade on the stock exchange.

After some time the woman needed moneyand she decided to contact her curator to withdraw her earnings from the application finance. However internet friend explained that at the moment withdraw money not possible and necessary apply for a loan, after which the money will be put into circulation. Then the loan is canceled and there will be no debt.

“The pensioner decided to abandon this idea, but an online friend began to intimidate her, accusing her of money laundering. In order not to lose profit, the woman, under pressure, took out a loan for herself in the amount of 820 thousand rubles, and also transferred her own funds in the amount of more than 1.2 million rubles. Having become a victim of scammers, the victim has lost a total of almost 2.1 million rubles since the end of December,” the regional police clarified.

Based on this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.

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