Fraudsters defrauded residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of more than 94 million rubles in a week

Over the past week alone, more than 94 million rubles were stolen remotely from 255 residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The traditional report on mobile fraud was published by the prosecutor's office.

It is reported that 15 people became victims of fake crypto exchanges; 59 — phishing links to online stores; 88 fell under the influence of false employees of special services and organizations that saved “well-being”; 12 social network users believed messages from the accounts of friends and acquaintances asking to borrow money; A 81 people fell for the tricks of unidentified persons on the Internet through deception.

In total, since the beginning of the year, 1,014 residents of the region have suffered from Internet criminals, the total damage caused amounted to 355 million rubles. In each case, criminal cases have been initiated and investigated.

Thus, the victims of one of the frauds committed on an especially large scale were the parents of the deceased SVO participant. At the end of January 2026, a 53-year-old resident of the Nizhneingashsky district and his wife allegedly received a call from an employee of the military registration and enlistment office and said that 370 thousand rubles remained in the account of their deceased son and they urgently needed to be withdrawn so that the money “did not disappear.” The fatal role was played by the fact that the parents were really waiting for a call from the military registration and enlistment office, but on the issue of receiving the deceased’s award.

“The attacker asked for the code from the SMS and after receiving it she hung up. A few minutes later, the victims began to receive calls from different numbers, introducing themselves as an employee of State Services, then as security forces, and then as a specialist from the Central Bank. The scammers built a classic multi-step combination: they reported that their personal account on the portal had been hacked and convinced them that all family savings were in danger. They said that the victims could be followed, and there were also scammers in the bank, so they had to keep everything secret and not go anywhere again. Under the dictation of false curators, the couple went to Kansk. The woman withdrew part of the payment from the bank for the death of her son, telling the employees the legend about the purchase of the apartment. Next, her husband, at the behest of the scammers, sent all the withdrawn cash – 5.7 million rubles – to the dictated accounts. Only a few days later, when the wife doubted what was happening and called a relative, the truth was revealed. The woman’s sister immediately contacted the police,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The department noted that the percentage of detection of such crimes is 26.5% (279 solved), in The regional courts have filed 140 criminal cases of theft of money in the field of information and telecommunications technologies.

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