St. In St. Petersburg, an 80-year-old local resident, one of Russia’s leading marketing experts, became a victim of scammers. about this reports news agency “Operational Cover”.
According to the publication, the man contacted police on October 16 and identified himself as a retiree. He said that two days ago, he received a call from an unidentified person who identified himself as an FSB officer. During the conversation, the fraudster persuaded the man to preserve his savings and transfer the money to a third party to deposit it in a “secure account”. A resident of St. Petersburg first gave 8.6 million rubles to the courier who came to the entrance, and then transferred another 8.2 million rubles to him through an ATM. The total amount of damage exceeded 16.8 million rubles.
The media announced that the victim of scammers was a Doctor of Economics, professor, head of the department of one of the economic universities in the Northern capital.
Previously an 11-year-old student in Yakutia saved parents from scammersby contacting the police.