Russians have been warned about a new fraudulent scheme to earn money in Telegram

Fraudsters have begun to deceive Russians, offering earnings by reactions to online shopping posts in the messenger Telegram. About it on Friday, December 13, reports "RIA Novosti".

Fraudsters, posing as employees of "Yandex", offer easy earnings. So, after accepting the offer, they request the age of the user and promise to contact him through the manager for further instructions. Payouts are promised after the task is completed.

According to Kaspersky Lab content analyst Tatiana Machneva, after the first easy tasks, the victim is transferred a small amount of money to a bank card. Then come more complex tasks, for which the user must spend his funds: he is asked to buy back some goods and send confirmation of the transfer. Fraudsters promise to return the money with interest, but do not do it.

"If it is offered to buy goods in an online store by transferring money to a private person - this should be wary," the analyst said.

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Earlier, on December 8, the Garda Group of Companies (GK) reported that in Telegram there are growing cases of fraud with the creation of fake doppelganger accounts. It was noted that profiles can look identical to those belonging to friends, colleagues and relatives.