Unexpected decision: the Central Bank will consider large transfers to oneself via SBP a sign of fraud

Nowadays, there are common cases when criminals convince a person to transfer savings from their accounts in other banks via SBP. It is easier for fraudsters to steal money when it is in the same account, especially if the attackers have gained access to it. Therefore, we plan to include large transfers to oneself via SBP in the updated list of fraudulent signs— quotes Uvarov RIA Novosti.

At the same time, banks will consider such a transfer as fraudulent if on the same day the client tries to transfer money to another person to whom he has not made any transfers for six months, the regulator’s representative emphasized. He noted that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will publish an order with new signs of fraudulent transfers in the near future.

Over the past week alone, Crimeans gave away their almost 62 million rubles, the press service of the Crimean Ministry of Internal Affairs previously reported. As Igor Seregin, an information security expert at one of the largest banks in Crimea, said on the radio “Sputnik in Crimea”, phone scammers This year, they are especially often presented as employees of the Central Bank or law enforcement agencies.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea