March 14 11:32
In Krasnoyarsk, scammers deceived a student for several months and defrauded her of 2.5 million rubles.
The prosecutor's office said that the first call from the scammers to the 22-year-old Krasnoyarsk woman came back in November 2025. The girl was told that she needed to reissue the SIM card on her phone; to do this, they needed to dictate the SMS code and SNILS number.
After this, the scammers acted according to the standard scheme: a call from the “MFC specialist” and the “Central Bank”, a story about criminals trying to apply for loans through the government services portal.
“To “rescue” the funds, the attackers used a multi-step scheme. They said that to confirm that the girl is not a dropper, she needs to withdraw all personal savings from deposits and transfer them to “state accounts” to “form an evidence base,” the prosecutor’s office said.
The girl, following the instructions of the swindler, bought a phone with NFC function, installed an application with the symbols of the Central Bank and went to the ATMs.
“For several months, until mid-February 2026, the student remained in touch with her “supervisor”. Receiving a scholarship, pension and payments, she transferred money under dictation through crypto wallets and virtual cards, which she immediately deleted at the request of the scammers,” the prosecutor’s office said, noting that the card numbers were new each time.
In total, the girl transferred 2.5 million rubles to the attackers.
In total, since the beginning of the year, scammers have managed to deceive 1,087 residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory; the damage caused amounted to 386 million rubles. Only 282 crimes were solved.
