Phone scammers have come up with a new plan to deceive Russians in several stages. The agency warns about this “Hit the primer” Referring to Tinkoff.
The script consists of two acts. They include fake employees of telecom operators, as well as the Civil Service or the police.
First, a representative of the mobile operator allegedly called the client and informed him that the contract for communication services was about to expire, for the renewal of which he had to call the code from SMS. The customer is then informed that he has been deceived.
Then fake employees of the State Services or the police call the victim and give instructions on how to protect their savings. The person believes that the money is in danger and should be withdrawn and placed in a so-called safe deposit box. Another second part of the hybrid scenario is that the police are helped when the victim is assured that they are withdrawing money for a private investigation and not their own money.
Since the beginning of 2024, the number of attacks using this scheme has increased 3.5 times.
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