Scammers in Russia began using a new “hybrid” scenario involving fake police officers, telecom operators and government services. writes about this TASS Referring to Tinkoff Bank.
According to the plan, the potential victim receives calls from people who introduce themselves as employees of a mobile operator and inform that the contract for communication services has expired. To renew you need to call the code from SMS.
After that, the fraudster openly declares to his interlocutor that he was deceived. According to researchers, this move is necessary to intimidate a person and then force them to follow the instructions of other callers who pose as financial surveillance, government services or police employees.
During the second call, the callers persuade the customer to act on instructions, supposedly to save money and catch a ring of fraudsters colluding with bank employees. As a result, the believer listens to the fraudsters and deposits money into his account via ATM.
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