A pensioner from Sosnovoborsk was deceived by 1.3 million rubles after a call from the “Mail”

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, scammers lured a large sum from a resident of Sosnovoborsk after a call from the “mail”.

The prosecutor’s office explained that the 65-year-old woman answered a call from an unfamiliar number signed as “mail.ru”. The interlocutor said that the damaged parcel arrived in the name of the pensioner. To resolve the situation, it was necessary to name the number from SMS.

The pensioner later admitted that she had heard about various fraudulent schemes, but she was sure that she herself would not come across. She did not recognize the standard scheme of deception in the actions of the “postal officer” and agreed. After a few minutes, she received a message about the breakdown of the profile on the “public services” along with the number of technical support. There, the woman was informed that her account was in danger, and switched to false employees of Rosfinmonitoring and imaginary law enforcement officers.

“Trustly following the instructions of the scammers, the pensioner provided full access to her phone, after which the fake application of the Central Bank appeared in the smartphone. Further, the scammers indicated the woman to go to the ATM, cash out the accumulations and transfer them allegedly to a “safe account”, the number of which was indicated in the program. Thus, the victim lost 1.3 million rubles, ”the press service said.

A criminal case of fraud has been instituted on this fact (Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory notes that since the beginning of the year they managed to disclose only 24.9% of such crimes – 761 out of 4614 cases. The total damage caused is already 1.18 billion rubles.

Over the past week alone, 257 residents of the region in a remote way were stolen more than 57 million rubles:

• In 24 cases, citizens became victims of fake crypto -streaks;
• 75 people were influenced by false employees of special services and organizations that saved “well -being”;
• 61 residents of the region became victims of phishing links to online stores;
• 18 users of social networks trusted reports from the accounts of friends and acquaintances who asked to lend money;
• In 79 cases, the victims on the Internet fell on the tricks of unidentified persons by deception.

For each case, criminal cases are initiated and investigated.