The Central Bank of the Russian Federation warned that economic “online games” operating on the principle of financial pyramids are more actively distributed in Russia. newspaper reports “News”.
It has been found that more than 22% of pyramid schemes attract Russians with the promise of quick and easy in-game “pay and win” format.
Still, the regulator warned that there is no element of competition in such games.
According to the data of the Central Bank of Russia, financial pyramid schemes are now actively “produced” in the country due to the difficult economic situation. In this context, citizens who expect to earn extra money rely on “online games”, which are actually financial pyramids.
The Central Bank emphasized that the monitoring system has been improved to detect financial pyramids in the network. Such fraudulent schemes can be noticed by experts on average 3-5 days after the start of their promotion on social networks.
Before that, the Central Bank of Russia promise Not forcing Russians to use digital rubles.
former Central Bank increased sharply key rate to 8.5%.