A local resident of the Leningrad region lost 50 thousand rubles after a message from a fake friend. about this reports ivbg.ru.
According to the publication, the incident occurred on December 12 when a woman from Murino received a message via instant messaging from a friend. It contained a link to a purported album of birthday photos.
The Russian woman tried several times to follow her “friend’s” link but failed. He gave up trying and discovered the next day that all the money had been debited from his card. In addition, 2 purchases were made from his account in the market that he did not make.
So she called her female friend and found out that she hadn’t sent her any links. It turned out that the Messenger account was hacked. The Russian woman, who lost her savings, appealed to the police for help.
Previously retired from Moscow gave it Almost 90 million rubles for defrauding couriers.