Scammers swindled 2.8 million rubles from a Sverdlovsk serviceman.
A serviceman from Bolshoy Istok became the victim of telephone scammers who tricked him out of almost 3 million rubles, reports "Sysertskaya Nedelya" citing materials from the Sysert police.
The statement of a resident of Bolshoy Istok, a serviceman born in 1991, was filed with the police on October 16.
The financial transactions (through ATMs and online transfers) took place from October 1 to 10. He was convinced that he was transferring the money for a short time and that it would then be returned to him. As a result, the Sysert resident sent the scammers all his savings, totaling 2,827,900 rubles.
Throughout the following week up to October 16, the man tried to contact the "FSB officer" about the return of the funds and only after realizing he had been deceived did he go to the police.
The man told law enforcement that on October 1 he received a call on behalf of the mobile operator "Motiv." The victim was told that his SIM card was "about to expire." After tricking him into giving them the code from an SMS, the scammers from a fake "Gosuslugi" account sent the victim a text about a hack of his personal Gosuslugi account, including "technical support" numbers.
The "technical support" then transferred the victim to the "FSB." He initially communicated with this agency on Telegram and later via video call on Max.
A stranger in uniform told him that the fraudsters had allegedly downloaded the man's data and were using it to help Ukraine, which could be construed as sabotage. And, to avoid criminal consequences, he was told he needed to cooperate. Then the "Central Bank" (with "secure accounts") got involved.
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Scammers swindled 2.8 million rubles from a Sverdlovsk serviceman.
A serviceman from Bolshoy Istok fell victim to phone scammers who deceived him out of nearly 3 million rubles, Sysertskaya Nedelya reports, citing materials from the Sysert police.