According to reports, starting from July 25 this year, Russian banks will begin to return money stolen by scammers to their customers using a new scheme RBC.
In some cases, banks will be required to return the full value of stolen funds to customers within 30 days. That is, if the bank authorized the transfer of funds to a fake account in a special database of the Central Bank, or if the bank did not send a notification to the customer about the transfer made without the customer’s consent. The bank is also obliged to return the money if the customer reports that their bank card is lost.
Banks will also be required to block suspicious transactions for two days, during which time they will be required to contact the customer to ensure that the money transfer was made voluntarily and that they were not under the influence of fraudsters.
Before this, the Central Bank extended A list of signs of fraudulent transactions for bank employees.
Previously scammers started tricking Russians using home chats.
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Source: Gazeta
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