A new fraud scheme has emerged in Russia, in which criminals try to persuade citizens to transfer money: to do this, they pretend to be employees of telecom operators and offer Russians advantageous mobile rates. This is what he writes RIA Novosti With reference to the company Beeline.
The company gave an example of the implementation of such a plan. One of the customers of the telecom operator received a call and was offered to connect to a tariff at half the price, which guaranteed automatic renewal every two months.
The conversation moved to the Telegram messenger, where the criminals persuaded the victim to transfer money for the tariff for two months in advance in order to “guarantee the connection.” As a result, the client was not connected to any tariff for two months, and when he wrote to the chat to find out the situation, all messages in the dialogue were deleted.
In order not to fall into a similar situation, Beeline recommends double-checking the information on tariffs on the official websites of telecom operators, as well as not sharing personal data with strangers and not transferring money to suspicious accounts.
The above scheme is not the only one used by scammers. So, according to Anton Nemkin, a State Duma deputy and member of the parliamentary information policy committee, recently criminals steel Fake QR codes are often used to steal money and personal information.
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Digital Economy Development Fund, German Klimenko in the name Russian authorities are taking tough action against scammers.
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Source: Gazeta
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