An elderly resident of Vladivostok lost all his savings after trusting a new friend who persuaded him to transfer all his savings to a “safe” account. In this respect reports Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Primorsky Territory.
Unidentified people contacted the 90-year-old retiree by phone and told him that the attackers were trying to give him a power of attorney to withdraw money from his savings account. Scammers warned that the old woman should transfer the money to a supposedly safe account to save money.
After a while, Artyom came to the resident woman’s house; Together with a new friend, he went to the cinema, where he helped the pensioner transfer three million rubles through an ATM. The women sent the money to the accounts specified by the fraudsters.
As law enforcement established, his unwitting accomplice was also under the influence of the fraudsters and gave them all his savings. He agreed to help the criminals to get the money back. Criminal cases were opened for fraud on a particularly large scale.
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