An employee of the Reutova municipality near Moscow gave 4.5 million rubles to fraudsters. In this respect reports Life with link to Telegram channel Shot.
Using the data of the mayor Stanislav Katorov, fraudsters approached the 60-year-old administration employee through his Telegram account. Criminals on behalf of the official approached the woman with the information that there was a data leak in the administration and the woman had already been given a large number of loans. According to the scammers, a “Central Bank employee” had to help the woman get rid of them.
Then, the trusting employee was handed over to another attacker, who explained that he needed to take out several loans and transfer the money to “secure accounts” so that it did not fall into the hands of criminals. The woman followed the scammers’ instructions exactly. Realizing that she had been deceived after making the transfers, the woman contacted the police.
Law enforcement authorities opened a criminal case under the article “fraud committed on an especially large scale by an organized group.”
Previously St. A retiree in St. Petersburg loss 5 million rubles believing scammers.