November 8 10:21
In Krasnoyarsk, a 44-year-old woman became a victim of scammers; the scammers defrauded her of almost 12 million rubles. The regional prosecutor's office spoke about this.
At the end of September 2025, Krasnoyarsk received a call from a fake delivery service employee. The man, under the pretext of canceling a suspicious package, lured a one-time code from a woman via SMS. Immediately after the conversation, the woman received a message about “unauthorized access” to her account on the State Services portal.
By dialing the “technical support” number, she contacted an imaginary employee of Rosfinmonitoring. He vividly described how the attackers, having received her data, issued a general power of attorney and are already preparing to steal savings and sell real estate.
“Succumbing to panic, the woman followed all the instructions: she installed the programs where she was sent a fake power of attorney, and believed in the existence of the “Rosfinmonitoring inspector.” The latter convinced the victim that she was “financing an unfriendly country” and could end up behind bars,” the press service of the supervisory agency reported.
It was during this period that the woman was selling her two apartments in order to move to St. Petersburg. The scammers, having learned about this, took advantage of the situation and forced them to transfer the proceeds to “safe accounts”.
In just a week, the Krasnoyarsk resident transferred 11.8 million rubles to the criminals. And when the possibilities for “replenishing the account” dried up, the scammers, sensing the victim’s despair, moved on to outright threats and psychological violence.
Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened for fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
