A 79-year-old woman in Petrozavodsk sold her apartment, giving all her savings to fraudsters. In this respect reports Press service of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs.
A 79-year-old resident of Petrozavodsk filed a complaint with law enforcement authorities; The woman said she lost all her money and her only home after communicating with scammers.
Unidentified persons called the pensioner and informed him about the hacking of his personal account on the State Services portal; scammers persuaded the pensioner to catch the intruders and participate in a “covert” operation, in which he was supposed to transfer money to a person. “secure” account.
First, a resident of Karelia sent 600 thousand rubles of savings to fraudsters, then sold a one-room apartment through unscrupulous realtors, and also transferred a large amount. The pensioner only realized the full danger of the situation when he received an evacuation order and contacted the police; total damage amounted to 3 million rubles.
Criminal cases were opened for fraud on a particularly large scale.
A 90-year-old pensioner previously in Vladivostok gave it 3 million rubles to fraudsters.
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Source: Gazeta
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