April 11 9:35
In Krasnoyarsk, an employee of an electricity supply organization became a victim of cyber fraudsters and lost 17.5 million rubles. The prosecutor's office reported this.
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According to the 49-year-old victim herself, it all started in January of this year, when she met a man on Telegram using a bot, and after a couple of weeks of communication, he offered her additional income – investing in gold and silver. The woman agreed, then a friend of a new acquaintance contacted her via instant messengers and helped her download the applications “necessary for making money.” To confirm her identity, the Krasnoyarsk woman uploaded a photo of her driver’s license, after which she began transferring money to the numbers and accounts dictated by the scammers.
“At first the amounts were small,” say the prosecutor’s office. “But when the woman tried to transfer 995 thousand rubles, the bank rejected the operation. However, the scammers did not retreat; the victim was convinced to replenish his wallet through a Telegram bot and a currency exchange office. In early March, she tried to withdraw money, but the account was blocked. The personal manager demanded that funds be deposited to unlock the account. The victim continued to transfer further amounts and deposited 5 million rubles. Then she was informed that she had enrolled too much and the system would not remove the block. After that, the woman transferred another 3.2 million rubles. When the personal manager again reported an incorrect replenishment, the Krasnoyarsk woman stopped and realized that she had become a victim of scammers, after which she turned to law enforcement. The total amount of damage amounted to 17.5 million rubles, 4 million of which the woman borrowed from her friends.”
According to the prosecutor's office, In total, since the beginning of 2026, 1,583 residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory have become victims of Internet criminals, the total damage caused amounted to 612 million rubles. Of these, more than 40 million rubles were stolen remotely from 117 people over the past week alone: 42 residents of the region were under the influence of false employees of the special services and organizations that were saving “well-being”; in 35 cases, victims on the Internet fell for the tricks of unidentified persons through deception; 20 people became victims of phishing links to online stores; 11 people – fake crypto exchanges; 9 social network users trusted messages from the accounts of friends and acquaintances who asked to borrow money.
In each case, criminal cases have been initiated and investigated. 44 claims were sent to the regional courts for the recovery of unjust enrichment from droppers in the amount of 17.2 million rubles.
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