In Krasnoyarsk, scammers defrauded 4.5 million rubles from the mother of a deceased SVO participant

Cyber ​​swindlers deceived 4.5 million rubles from a 54-year-old Krasnoyarsk woman, the prosecutor’s office reported.

It was established that in April, the mother of a deceased SVO participant received a call from a man who introduced himself as an employee of the MFC and offered to register a plot of land. The woman refused. But half an hour later, a pseudo-specialist from State Services contacted her, saying that her account had been hacked and documents stolen, and then he switched her to a girl who reported that her account had been blocked. Next, a false law enforcement officer entered the case, accusing the victim of transferring money to an unfriendly country.

“Then the communication moved to messenger and continued for a week. They assigned him a “personal manager from Rosfinmonitoring,” who kept the woman in constant suspense: she called after work, demanded reports on conversations, and convinced her that bank employees marked banknotes with inscriptions. Having learned about two deposits, the swindler advised to cash out all the funds. The victim received 4.5 million rubles from the bank’s cash desk, took them to work and hid them in her nightstand. When the curators learned that the money was not at home, the woman was ordered to urgently take it for examination to the village of Solontsy, where the courier was waiting for her. Krasnoyarsk complied with the demands of the cyber swindlers and lost money,” the prosecutor’s office said.

In total, since the beginning of the year, 2,118 residents of the region have become victims of Internet criminals, the total damage caused amounted to 890 million rubles. Over the past week alone, more than 35 million rubles were stolen remotely from 62 people: 19 were under the influence of false employees of special services and organizations that saved “well-being”; 13 became victims of phishing links to online stores; 4 — fake crypto exchanges; 6 social network users trusted messages from the accounts of friends and acquaintances who asked to borrow money; in 20 cases, victims on the Internet fell for the tricks of unidentified persons through deception. For each case of fraud, criminal cases are initiated and investigated.

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