An eight-year-old boy transferred 400 thousand rubles from his mother’s smartphone. to strangers. Scammers convinced the child that his mother’s device was infected with dangerous viruses. In this respect reports Telegram channel Baza.
The incident occurred on February 22, 2024. The boy encountered scammers after seeing an ad on Telegram for free promotional codes to activate valuable bonuses in his favorite game Standoff 2. The elementary school student followed the link in the ad and saw instructions saying you need to get promotional codes. to send photos of your parents’ smartphone desktop. The child sent photos of his mother’s smartphone through the specified communication channel.
After sending the photo, unknown persons contacted the child and explained that his mother’s phone was infected with a dangerous virus, so 70 thousand rubles would be deducted from him. But they can be deleted – to do this, scammers required passwords from Sberbank and MKB applications.
“Unknown persons who gained access transferred 42 thousand rubles to them. from a woman’s account and 310 thousand rubles. – from the other. Then he noticed notifications about the payment, listened to his son’s story and blocked the cards,” writes Baza.
previously businessman acquired $35 million from sales of non-existent iPhones.