Phone scammers are scaring their victims in Russia with claims that money in their bank accounts is being used to fund the Ukrainian Armed Forces. about this TASS said the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The ministry noted that in 2024, phone scammers continue to actively pose as law enforcement officers and claim that the Ukrainian military is funded from the bank accounts of law-abiding citizens. Supposedly in order to ensure the safety of the money and prevent the citizen from being prosecuted, the attackers offer to immediately convert the money in all bank accounts into cash and transfer them to the courier for transfer to the “secure account”.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs called on Russians not to succumb to such provocations.
January 7 reportedWe know that deepfake searches are one of the most dangerous fraud methods today. While the number of deepfake attacks will reach tens of thousands of cases in 2024, this number is expected to increase tenfold this year.
Previously, a Moscow pensioner believed in scammers and gave it They are worth almost 18 million rubles.
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Source: Gazeta
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