78-year-old resident of Sevastopol transferred more than two million rubles to online scammers

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The Sevastopol police never tire of warning and reminding: cases of online fraud against senior citizens continue to be periodically recorded in the region.

Recently, a 78-year-old local resident turned to the police after losing her savings after a telephone conversation with an attacker. The police found that an unknown man called the pensioner on her mobile phone, who introduced himself as a bank employee and reported unauthorized actions with the funds in the account.

To “prevent money from being written off,” the stranger convinced the woman to transfer funds to the details he specified. The victim knew about this fraudulent scheme, but was taken by surprise by an unexpected call, proceeded to the bank branch and transferred more than two million rubles to the criminal in several transactions.— told the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

In another case, the attacker called a 76-year-old woman and, introducing herself as her friend, reported that she had been in an accident. Under the pretext of a ransom from criminal liability, she asked to transfer the funds through a courier. Misled, the victim handed over one hundred thousand rubles to a stranger.

According to these facts, the employees of the internal affairs bodies initiated criminal cases and take all necessary measures aimed at identifying and searching for criminals.— emphasized in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.