Scammers defrauded the savings and apartment of a pensioner from Naberezhnye Chelny. This was reported by control Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.
The man contacted the 71-year-old retiree, introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and sent him a photo of his ID. According to the unknown person, someone gained access to his accounts. As a result, the woman gave her savings to the fraudsters and transferred them to the “safe account”.
A few days later, they called him again and said that strangers wanted to sell his apartment. To prevent this from happening, the retiree was offered to sell the apartment and leave the proceeds in a safe deposit box. Thus, the woman lost her house and five million rubles from its sale.
“Within two weeks of contacting the fraudsters, the pensioner lost approximately nine million rubles,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
The police opened a criminal case. They are currently looking for scammers.
former judge from Omsk frightened filed a lawsuit and sent 6.5 million rubles to the fraudsters.