Yekaterinburg schoolchildren were targeted by scammers using a new scheme.

Yekaterinburg schoolchildren were targeted by scammers using a new scheme.

      In Yekaterinburg, scammers have come up with a new fraud scheme. A message appears on Telegram from a "school medic." The fake doctor asks the child what their height and weight are — this information supposedly needs to be entered into the electronic medical record.

      After that, an SMS with a code is sent to the student's phone number, which the "doctor" asks them to send. The screenshot shows an example of such a scam.

      Remember that school medics never write to children or parents, and they certainly never ask for SMS codes.

      Phone scammers have developed a new way to deceive Russians — now they call elderly people, pretending to be "clinic staff."

Yekaterinburg schoolchildren were targeted by scammers using a new scheme.

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Yekaterinburg schoolchildren were targeted by scammers using a new scheme.

In Yekaterinburg, scammers have devised a new scam. A message appears on Telegram from a "school medic." The fake doctor asks the child for his height and weight — supposedly to enter them into an electronic medical record.