A resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory lost more than 28 million rubles after a call about changing the intercom

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a 51-year-old manager from the Kozulsky district became a victim of telephone scammers and lost more than 28 million rubles.

It was established that in March of this year the victim received a call from an unknown person, who said that the intercoms in the house were being replaced and convinced him to give the numbers from the SMS to receive a personal code. At the same moment, a cry was heard on the phone: “These are scammers!” and the connection was lost. Next, the man received a message that cyber scammers had targeted him and that he was given a number to urgently call, which he did.

“Then it was “passed from hand to hand”: first it was supposedly Roskomnadzor, then Rosfinmonitoring, then a false investigator. The man was intimidated, saying that because of the provided code, fraudsters had gained access to his account, say the prosecutor’s office. “The attackers demanded not to tell anyone anything, threatening them with criminal liability. He was told that bank employees were involved in a crime, so when withdrawing money, it was necessary to explain that they were needed for special equipment for sowing. In April, a man transferred 850 thousand rubles through a mobile bank to an unknown account. Then the bank blocked the operation, but the false investigator explained this as the machinations of dishonest employees and ordered to find any agreement for 19.5 million rubles in order to deceive the bank and withdraw money. The victim prepared a fictitious contract for special equipment. Later, the man withdrew 27.2 million rubles, put it in a sports bag and handed it over to the couriers.”

According to the supervisory authority, in total, since the beginning of 2026, 1,959 residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory have become victims of Internet criminals, the total damage caused amounted to 801 million rubles. Of these, 97 million rubles were stolen over the past week from 138 people: 48 on the Internet fell for the tricks of unidentified persons through deception; 38 were under the influence of false employees of special services and organizations that saved “well-being”; 27 became victims of phishing links to online stores; 15 were victims of fake crypto exchanges; 10 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.

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