In Karelia, a pensioner lost his home after talking to scammers. Fraud scenario revealed press service local departments of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
A 69-year-old Kemi resident became a victim of scammers. During a phone conversation with her, the attackers introduced themselves as law enforcement officers and said that her bank account had been taken over by criminals. For this reason, they strictly recommend that women transfer their savings to a “safe account”. The negotiations lasted a whole month. As a result, the woman trusted fake security officials, withdrew 370 thousand rubles in cash and sent them to unknown addresses using an electronic payment service.
Next, the scammers take over the pensioner's apartment. After convincing the Russian woman that her property was also at risk, they advised her to sell the apartment. The proceeds from the transaction are required to be transferred to a “secure account” in the same manner. Trusting her interlocutors, the woman agreed to a deal and followed the instructions of the attackers, transferring 1.3 million rubles. When the scammers discovered that the pensioner owned another apartment, they took that apartment as well. The woman must have arranged the second deal. At the meeting with the buyer, she explained her decision to sell with her impending move to St. Petersburg. This reason made the man suspicious, so he took the pensioner to the police. A criminal case has been opened.
Before that, an elderly Moscow woman fell into the trap of scammers. Under the pretext of replacing the intercom key, a pensioner was defrauded of 28 million rubles.
