Fraudsters swindled 22 million rubles from a pensioner from St. Petersburg

A pensioner from St. Petersburg has given 22 million rubles to fraudsters. This was reported by a source of Izvestia on Wednesday, November 27.

Attackers contacted the woman several times under the guise of employees of different banks. Referring to the safety of the 67-year-old St. Petersburg woman's money, they forced her to hand over her savings to them.

Within two months, the pensioner gave three strangers and transferred 22 million rubles to unknown accounts. A criminal case has been initiated.

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Earlier, on November 18, it was reported that fraudsters swindled a capital pensioner out of more than 24 million rubles. On the instructions of the attackers for several days Muscovite withdrew funds in different banks and transferred to unknown persons, calling a code word. An investigation is underway.