Residents of Transbaikalia gave more than 13 million rubles to fraudsters in a week

Over the past week, 31 residents of the Zabaikalsky Krai suffered as a result of fraud. The total damage exceeded 13 million roubles.

The swindlers used various schemes of deception. In Mogocha, a woman received a call from a stranger who introduced himself as an employee of Energosbyt. He sent the victim a link to install the mobile application of the company. The pensioner lost 650 thousand rubles by following the link. About it reports IA ChitaMedia.

In addition, fraudsters offer to transfer savings to a "safe" account, communicating on behalf of banks, the Pension Fund, law enforcement agencies and other organizations. Also, the police noted an increase in the number of cases when attackers offer Zabaikals to install applications to pay for housing and utilities services and doctor's appointments.

Last week in Kirov, a 73-year-old pensioner lost 33.5 million rubles to fraudsters. The swindlers communicated allegedly on behalf of a cellular operator and the FSB. They stated that suspicious activity was registered on the woman's accounts. The victim agreed to transfer the money to a "safe" account. Also, the woman almost sold her apartment, but a realtor talked her out of the suspicious transaction.