Scammers in the name of Wikipedia defrauded a scientist at MGIMO 12:22

The head of the MGIMO department, Vitold Yasvin, fell victim to a scam organized by attackers posing as Wikipedia administrators. In this respect reports Telegram channel Baza.

The scientist, who has two doctorates and was awarded the State Education Prize, believed the scammers had promised to let him edit the Wikipedia article after making a few settings on his phone. However, after completing the necessary procedures, Yasvin’s phone was blocked and more than 100 thousand rubles were withdrawn from her bank account.

“The coat of arms of Ukraine appeared on the black screen of the smartphone, and when Yasvin went to the online bank, she learned that 115 thousand rubles had been withdrawn from her account,” said the editors of the Baza Telegram channel. What happened.

Scammers are constantly coming up with new schemes to deceive Russians. Information security experts strongly recommend not to transfer your authorization data over the phone and not to follow the instructions of suspicious persons.

Having discovered the loss, scientist Yasvin contacted the police.

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Source: Gazeta

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